Not quite. {{extend name}} without quote is supported by name has to be a variable containing the name of the template. This allows to have templates determined dynamically based on user for example.
On Apr 16, 5:24 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Apr 16, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > > > > I have several questions regarding app compiles, but the first one is this: > > > Error traceback > > 1. > > 2. > > 3. > > 4. > > 5. > > 6. > > 7. > > 8. > > 9. > > 10. > > 11. > > 12. > > 13. > > 14. > > 15. > > 16. > > 17. > > 18. > > 19. > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line > > 173, in restricted > > exec ccode in environment > > File > > "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/default.py", > > line 1061, in <module> > > File "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 96, > > in <lambda> > > self._caller = lambda f: f() > > File > > "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/default.py", > > line 213, in compile_app > > c = app_compile(request.args[0], request) > > File "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/gluon/admin.py", line 141, > > in app_compile > > compile_application(folder) > > File "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/gluon/compileapp.py", line > > 520, in compile_application > > compile_views(folder) > > File "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/gluon/compileapp.py", line > > 293, in compile_views > > data = parse_template(file, path) > > File "/Users/jlundell/VTC/vpeps-web2py/web2py/gluon/template.py", line > > 139, in parse_template > > t = os.path.join(path, eval(match.group('name'), context)) > > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > > NameError: name 'request' is not defined > > The match in question is presumably {{extend request.layout}}, right? > > OK, that's what I changed. Because I was experimenting with layouts, I > changed {{extend 'layout.html'}} to {{extend request.layout}}, which I > assumed would work because request appears to be defined in views. But it's > not defined in the context of the extend logic's eval(). > > It seems like a reasonable thing to be able to do.... > > -- > Subscription settings:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/subscribe?hl=en