Re: [Cheetahtemplate-discuss] varExists

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On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:27:15PM -0800, Tavis Rudd wrote:
> you've discovered a bug / design issue with varExists.  It checks to see if a 
> variable is in the searchList, but can't check for local variables that are 
> created with #set.  You'd have to use 
> #if $locals().has_key('gumby') 
> to do that.
> 
> We need to decide it this needs fixing or documenting.

It's not a bug, $varExists searches only the searchList.  I can make
that more explicit in the Users' Guide.

> The search feature on sourceforge sucks like a tornado!

It's so useless I never use it.  I just save any message I think I
might want in the future.

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