[Zope-dev] Why is it _setObject(), and why is it undocumented

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:24:45 +0100


maxm wrote at 2003-1-31 00:35 +0100:
 > I have a few tutorials / How_to's on zope.org. And sometimes I get some 
 > interresting mails because of that.
 > 
 > Somebody asked me today why _setObject() has that name, as it is used in 
 > many products, and thus ought to be an interface method. And called 
 > something like "setObject()" or "manage_setObject()" And also he didn't 
 > understand why it wasn't documented anywhere.
"_setObject" has an "_" because it is a "private" method
which should not be called by TTW code.

It should be documented in the ZDG.
If it is not, file a collector issue (documentation request).


Dieter