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#def displayfloat($a)
$("%.2f"%$a)#slurp
#end def
*#set showfloat = $getVar('displayfloat', autoCall=False)*
## return a callable value for $name
#def callable($name)
#return $getVar($name, autoCall=False)
#end def
*#set showfloat =$callable('displayfloat')*
both these options *dont *work
return str(compiled_tmpl)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 997, in
__str__
return getattr(self, mainMethName)()
File "<string>", line 3514, in respond
NotFound: cannot find 'showfloat' while searching for 'showfloat'
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:57 PM, R. Tyler Ballance <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 02:55:50PM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> > #set $faa = self.foo
> >
> > This is cool calling with self. doesnt autocall
>
> It doesn't call because you're in the right hand operand (where you need
> not use Cheetah syntax), and you're not using the '$'. When you use the $,
> that invokes the NameMapper which is responsible for autocalling.
>
> I personally prefer this option to $getVar() which feels distinctly
> non-Pythonic ;)
>
>
> > On 5/20/09, Michael Higgins <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On May 20, 2009, at 4:18 PM, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
> >
> > I /think/ this should work:
> > #set $faa = foo
> >
> > I'm not running the latest and greatest, but that doesn't work for
> me.
> > What *does* work for me is saying
> >
> > #set $faa = self.foo
> >
> > Exploiting self in such an unvarnished way seems like it might be
> too
> > close to relying on an implementation detail, but maybe it's okay.
> I
> > guess Cheetah already has to guarantee not to do name-mangling or
> > something so that Python code can call Cheetah methods properly...
> >
> > Alternatively, you can use:
> > #set $faa = $foo
> >
> > If you compile the templates with autocalling disabled
> >
> > Personally, I'm not a huge fan of tweaking the compile settings a
> lot
> > for different templates. It's just one more thing that can
> mysteriously
> > break and take a long time to figure out.
> >
> > To answer mobiledreamer's (later) question about what a wrapper
> function
> > would look like:
> >
> > ## return a callable value for $name
> > #def F($name)
> > #return $getVar($name, autoCall=False)
> > #end def
> >
> > #set $faa = $F('foo')
> >
> > ... assuming the self trick isn't the preferable style. (It's
> certainly
> > shorter!)
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --
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>
> --
> -R. Tyler Ballance
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>
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