[Zope-dev] improving str(REQUEST)

Adrian Hungate adrian@haqa.co.uk
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:56:25 -0000


This sugestion gets my vote. Simple enough that it could be implemented
without major work, transparent enough for people debugging, but making the
REQUEST object more accessible to non-experts.

I like!

Adrian...

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Quade" <jq@jquade.de>
To: "seb bacon" <seb@jamkit.com>
Cc: <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] improving str(REQUEST)


> seb bacon <seb@jamkit.com> writes:
>
> > Yes, I think you are right about collapsible trees getting in the way
> > when debugging.  Where trees are useful is when you don't know what
> > you are looking for, i.e. newbies trying to understand Zope, so I
> > think there's still a case for it.
>
> A short introduction (with link to the help system?!) and a small TOC
> with local links into the request at the top of the REQUEST
> representation may be more useful than a clickable tree. And easier
> to implement, too :)
>
> jens
>
>
>
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