[Zope] how come I can't add an external method...

[Tony McDonald]

Hi all,
I'm trying to add this snippet as an external method
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import htmlfmt

def test():
   "Testing zope 1"
  a = htmlfmt.UL(("1", "2", "3"))
  return a

print test()
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(htmlfmt is a library from the van Rossum, Watters and Ahlstrom book 
'Internet programming with Python').

It does work...

96 % python test.py
<UL>
<LI>1
<LI>2
<LI>3
  </UL>

but trying to add this as an external method just does not happen. 
I'm left staring at a rotating beachball while the system tries to 
add it to the database.

The following works fine...
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def test():
        "Testing zope 2"
        a = """<UL>
<LI>1
<LI>2
<LI>3
  </UL>
"""
        return a
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Can someone please point out the fly in the ointment here? I feel 
like I'm sitting in a corner wearing a  <|0 at the moment...
ta
tone

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Dr Tony McDonald,  FMCC, Networked Learning Environments Project
The Medical School, Newcastle University Tel: +44 191 222 5888
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