[Zope] Questions re: REQUEST, external methods; newbie stupidity at play

[Chris Withers]

Bryan White wrote:
> In order to find out the result of the decisions made in step 1 when I 
> am in step 3, I want to look at the value of some variables. As far as I 
> can tell the only way to keep track of the stuff is in REQUEST. 

Nope, you can also use judiciously placed dtml-let's

> using exUserFolder). It's the fact that I am acutally using DTML for a 
> lot of core logic that I am using REQUEST. 

You really should be using Python Scripts or external methods for this...

> <dtml-let> absolutely will 
> not work for me as the variables need to span a bunch of <dtml-in> and 
> <dtml-if> blocks.

What leads you to believe that -let won't work in these cases?

cheers,

Chris