[Zope-dev] ZClasses not copyable - why?

[Itamar Shtull-Trauring]

Philipp Auersperg wrote:

> in ZClass I have found a nice-sounding method _setBasesHoldOnToYourButts() <grin>,
> and the source is commented with '#Eeeek', hmmmm
> 
> What are the risks for a good shot into my foot using this function?

If your new base classes requires some variables to be initialized in
__init__, older instances may not work since they won't have them, and other
similar problems.  I've done this before, when I really had to - usually
nothing bad happens.

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