[ZODB-Dev] DBTab/Ape suggestions

Rocky Burt rocky.burt@bricsnet.com
Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:19:11 -0400


Regarding your #2 item, that sounds perfect. 

- Rocky


> --------- Original Message ---------
> From: Shane Hathaway [mailto:shane@zope.com]
> Sent: April 7, 2003 17:07:40 -0400
> To: rocky.burt@bricsnet.com, zodb-dev@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [ZODB-Dev] DBTab/Ape suggestions
> 
> 
> Well, FWIW, this is all DBTab, not Ape. :-)
> 
> The only way to add tabs to all objects in Zope 2 is through monkey 
> patching.  We have to avoid monkey patching since it makes the software 
> difficult to maintain, although it is a very nice feature of Python.
> 
> I'll think about #2.  I can imagine a 
> "container_factory=product:factory_method" configuration directive for 
> dbtab.conf; would that serve the purpose?  It might not be compatible 
> with all folderish types.
> 
> Shane
> 
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