[Zope] Finding an object in a folder

Phillip Hutchings sitharus at gmail.com
Thu May 26 17:37:57 EDT 2005


On 27/05/05, Paul Winkler <pw_lists at slinkp.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:20:52AM +1200, Phillip Hutchings wrote:
> > > Well, it doesn't distinguish between an attribute which doesn't exist
> > > and an attribute which has any false value.  This makes it unsuitable as
> > > a hasattr() replacement IMHO.
> >
> > But you're asking if the object posesses an attribute, not any
> > question about the value of the object. I think returning false if the
> > value is false is potentially dangerous - I may want to retrieve a
> > false value.
> 
> "But" what? You just said the same thing that I said :-)

Sorry, shouldn't reply to things at 9am ;)

Anyway, I agree with you, it is broken as the distinction is critical.

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Phillip Hutchings
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