[Zope] Difference between id and getId()?

[Phil Harris]

This was the reason getId was introduced.

You'll probably find that 'id' is also a method.

Try id() and you may be surprised.

Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lambert" <dave_lambert@fbcc.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:54 PM
Subject: [Zope] Difference between id and getId()?


> I am a newbie to Zoip and apologize if this is a trivial question, but it
has
> been giving me grief for several hours now.
> I have found by experimentation that when iterating through a set of
objects
> and testing their ids that the following only seems to work ONLY for
folders:
>
> <dtml-if "id == 'theObjectIdString'>
>  ....
> </dtml-if>
>
> If however I use the code:
>
> <dtml-if "getId() == 'theObjectIdString'>
> ...
> </dtml-if>
>
> all seems to work correctly. Obviously I am missing something very basic
here.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave.
>
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