[Twisted-Python] twisted web, documentation

[Donovan Preston]

On Friday, April 25, 2003, at 12:16 PM, Peter Hansen wrote:

> William Dode wrote:
>>
>> class ReportRequest(twisted.web.resource.Resource):
>>     """ ReportRequest with forms and cookies """
>>     def render(self, request):
>>         session = request.getSession()
>>
>>         try:
>>             if request.args["text"]!="":
>>                 session.text = request.args["text"]
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, or out of date, but doesn't 
> request.args
> contain *lists* of things, always, and not the strings directly?  That
> was what I observed on 1.0.3 anyway, I thought.
>
> If that's so, then I think the above test will always pass, as
> request.args['text'] would contain [''] or [] or something, but
> never just "".

That is correct. request.args always contains lists.

Donovan