[Zope-dev] More arguments for "z" (was Re: [Zope3-dev] Zope and zope)

[Jim Fulton]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>> Give the responses. I need to recast my question as a selection
>> among alternatives. But, before I do that, we will need to consider
>> alternatives a bit more.
> 
> 
> OK, here's another.
> 
> What about renaming the Zope 3 zope package to "z".
> 
> - It fits with the expansion of "Zope":
>   "Z Object Publishing Environment".
> 
> - It's short :)
> 
> - *At this time* (but after the move to svn), it's not too hard to make
>   a change like this for Zope 3. Backward compatibility is not a big
>   issue. This will change when X3.0 is released, which is why I'm
>   bothering to deal with this now.
> 
> - This was suggested a couple of years ago when coming up with the
>   Zope 3 package layout.
> 
> Examples (from the buddydemo example):
> 
>   import z.interface
>   from z.app import zapi
>   from z.app.event import publish
>   from z.app.event.objectevent import ObjectModifiedEvent

Other reasons I like "z":

- Less noise in imports

- Echos the "circle z"

- The packages in "z" can be used for more than just Zope

- Emphasizes the more "minimalist" nature of Zope 3 relative
   to Zope 2

- "z" is a component of "zope"

OK, I'm getting carried away. Sorry ;)

Jim

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