Method objects in python can't have arbitary attributes.
> 2. Where is this behaviour documented in Zope.
There's a project on the Fishbowl, IIRC.
> a place where the original content cannot be acquired).
> wrapped in a new header and footer!
> <dtml-var menu> item so clearly it is not acquiring from its own tree.
DTML is evil. Don't use it.