What's wrong with my PHPTAL syntax?
.Quick question - I have the following, working syntax:

    <td tal:define="owner record/owner_id; user user/id; mode php:(owner eq user)?'_edit':'_view'; linkname php:(owner eq user)?'Edit':'View';">
      <a href="index.php?-table=${table}&amp;-action=${mode}&amp;id=${record/id}">${linkname}</a>
    </td>

but I was expecting to be able to use the shorter:

    <td tal:define="mode php:(record.owner_id eq user.id)?'_edit':'_view';linkname php:(record.owner_id eq user.id)?'Edit':'View';">
      <a href="index.php?-table=${table}&amp;-action=${mode}&amp;id=${record/id}">${linkname}</a>
    </td>

i.e. not having to define `owner` and `user` in order to get at them for the `php:` test.

So my question is, how am I using the dot syntax wrong in the `php:` context? (also, is there a simpler way to express this WITHIN THE TEMPLATE i.e. without changning the PHP external to the template?
What's wrong with my PHPTAL syntax?
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.Quick question - I have the following, working syntax:

    <td tal:define="owner record/owner_id; user user/id; mode php:(owner eq user)?'_edit':'_view'; linkname php:(owner eq user)?'Edit':'View';">
      <a href="index.php?-table=${table}&amp;-action=${mode}&amp;id=${record/id}">${linkname}</a>
    </td>

but I was expecting to be able to use the shorter:

    <td tal:define="mode php:(record.owner_id eq user.id)?'_edit':'_view';linkname php:(record.owner_id eq user.id)?'Edit':'View';">
      <a href="index.php?-table=${table}&amp;-action=${mode}&amp;id=${record/id}">${linkname}</a>
    </td>

i.e. not having to define `owner` and `user` in order to get at them for the `php:` test.

So my question is, how am I using the dot syntax wrong in the `php:` context? (also, is there a simpler way to express this WITHIN THE TEMPLATE i.e. without changning the PHP external to the template?