[ZODB-Dev] Re: Fixing Broken Objects?

[Chris Spencer]

Andreas Jung wrote:
> 
> 
> --On 13. Oktober 2005 01:45:30 -0400 Chris Spencer 
> <gmane.20.evilspam at spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> 
>> I noticed that if a ZEOServer client doesn't have the definition for an
>> object's class, it loads it as a broken object. Is there any way to fix
>> the broken object by obtaining the class source from the server?
>>
> 
> Your sources on the client side must be complete. Otherwise the object is
> broken. The server has nothing to do with problem. Fix your client.

But what if the client doesn't know what sources it's supposed to have? 
What if it only has a limited understanding of the objects, and needs to 
load certain objects on the server from scratch. Is this really a 
necessary limitation? I realize I may be using Zope in a way it was not 
designed for, but wouldn't it be useful to persist the entire object, 
source code as well as state?

Chris