Last step of refactoring before adding support for > 1000 entities.
Make helper functions. One extracts list parameters.
One creates links more simply. This is cleaning up the large
function body so I can move stuff around more radically.
Patch by: Dan Bentley
"""
Code used in a couple of places to work with the current thread's environment.
Current users include i18n and request prefix handling.
"""
try:
import threading
currentThread = threading.currentThread
except ImportError:
def currentThread():
return "no threading"