[Seaside] render methods vs non-render methods in components - convention?

[Randal L. Schwartz]

Briefly, call:/answer: should *not* be used during a render, but only
during a callback.  Render methods should all take an "html" parameter.
Yet a typical WAComponent of mine will have methods of both types.
And a WATask will have *no* render methods.

I'm wondering if there's a convention for me to know whether I'm in a render
method (or something called from that) or not.  Do the experienced seasiders
follow the convention that all render methods look like:

    renderFooOn: html

But what about the other methods?  How would you know if another method
is being called from a render method or from a callback, or maybe both?

In other words, is there a convention for me to know if I can call:

   aValue ifNil: [aValue := self request: 'How many times?'].

safely in a given method of a component?

Should I put all callback support into a separate protocol category?

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