[Zope3-dev] Re: Better access to APIs in paths

[Steve Alexander]

Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> Tres Seaver writes:
>  > Maybe I'm just being dense, but can't we solve the "default namespaces"
>  > issue by defining the defaults in the 'main_template', in which *every*
>  > "normal" Zope page template will wrap itself?  Then people who want to
>  > re-bind the defaults, or add new ones, will just customize that template
>  > (or the macro which defines the namespaces :).
> 
> No, not quite.  The namespace declarations need to be present in each
> document that references them; each of them is parsed separately.  The
> fact that we're generating one document from several (the page sent to
> the user from a pile of templates) doesn't change the fact that
> parsing of the sources are separate.

Is there any way to make metal:fill-slot imply that the tal:namespaces 
declared in the macro should apply when the template that fills the slot 
is rendered?

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Steve Alexander