[Zope-CMF] Re: [dev] enhancing Actions: a rough proposal

[Dieter Maurer]

yuppie wrote at 2004-11-23 20:55 +0100:
>Dieter Maurer wrote:
>> yuppie wrote at 2004-11-22 16:02 +0100:
>> 
>>>...
>>>Sorry for the misleading sentence. I don't propose to remove the 
>>>possibility to register Action providers. I just propose to get rid of 
>>>ActionProviderBase.
>> 
>> 
>> If you think, Action providers can still be useful (which I am sure),
>> why would you like to remove its base class?
>
>Because ActionProviderBase is not a general base class for Action 
>providers. It's a mix-in class that implements one kind of Action provider.

A mix-in class is what is needed as the using classes
will have other primary tasks.

>Special Action providers can still be useful, but I believe that's only 
>true if they work different than ActionProviderBase or the folderish 
>ActionsTool I propose.

Why do you believe so?

-- 
Dieter