[ZODB-Dev] ZODB4 project plan

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "GW" == Greg Ward <gward@mems-exchange.org> writes:

  GW> Sounds like a wonderful idea to me!  I have never liked
  GW> get_transaction() -- sure it's easy and convenient when you get
  GW> started, but 1) fiddling __builtin__ is evil, and 2) sooner or
  GW> later, every non-trivial application will outgrow the "one
  GW> thread, one transaction" model.  Best off without that
  GW> assumption from the start.

ZODB4 does not put get_transaction() into __builtins__, but the
function still exists.  I'm not sure why you say that every
application outgrows the one thread, one transaction policy.  I have
found it works exceedinly well for many applications.

Jeremy