[Zope-dev] Pointer or reference object

[Jason Spisak]

Zopsters,

This is very out of the blue, but has anyone thought about tackling the
'reference' question by using a phantom Zope object?  I don't know
nearly enough Python to answer this question, but maybe someone can.  

Is it possible to create a 'Reference' object that really stores the url
of another object and maquerades as the other object's meta_type. 
Anything that is asked of the 'Reference' object, just get's passed
along to the real object in it's place?  Obviously whenever you delete
an object any 'References' with that object's url stored in them get
deleted too(ZCatalog could hold these).  Sort of like a reflective
mirror.  You see the object in the mirror but you aren't actually
looking at the object, you are looking at the mirror.  A ZMirror.

All my best,


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Jason Spisak
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