Remove coin example and odd list handling in webapp code

Author: takluyver

examples/Coin Price.ipynb

@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ def __init__(self, *children, css_classes=None, id=None):
 def make_input_element(var):
     if var.type is bool:
         input_elm = Checkbox(var.name, var.value)
-
-    elif var.type is list:
-        input_elm = htmlgen.Select(name=var.name)
-        for item in var.value:
-            input_elm.create_option(item,item)
-
     else:
         input_elm = Input(py_type_to_html_input_type[var.type], var.name,
                           str(var.value))

examples/htmlform.py

@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ def post(self):
         for v in self.application.parameters:
             if v.type is bool:
                 inp = v.with_value(self.get_argument(v.name, default='off') == 'on')
-            elif v.type is list:
-                #parse select element as string otherwise v.type will convert to a series of letters
-                inp = v.with_value(str(self.get_argument(v.name)))
             else:
                 inp = v.with_value(v.type(self.get_argument(v.name)))
             defined.append(inp)