[Zope3-dev] Re: [Zope3-checkins] CVS: Zope3/src/zope/schema -_bootstrapfields.py:1.19.2.1

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Garrett Smith writes:
 > This is the way things work in my branch. E.g. enter 'foo' in an integer
 > field -- the widget will continue to render 'foo' along with a
 > conversion error msg.

This is goodness.

 > setData is called judiciously to avoid overwriting values from the form.
 > But, as Fred mentioned, setData should probably not override form values
 > anyway.

No, what I meant was: setData() *must* not override form values even
now.  The IWidget interface documentation is very misleading on this,
and doesn't explain things in a world where "partial submits" are
possible or even common.  (BTW, I hate the term "partial submit"; not
sure who coined that.  It's a real HTML form submit!)


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fred at zope.com>
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