[Zope] Acquisition problem - please help

[Dave Parker]

Dave Parker wrote:
> 
> If I have a folder structure like this:
> 
> first
>         second
>                 third
>                 fourth
>                         fifth
> 
> and first defines a property X
> and third defines a property X
> (and nothing else defines proprty X)
> an first defines a method M
> 
> And I do http://host/first/second/third/fourth/fifth
> 
> What value of X would a method M see? The value first set or the value
> third set?
> 
> What I'm seeing is this:
> 
> with http://host/first/second/third, M sees the value that third set
> with http://host/first/second/third/fourth/fifth, M sees the value that
> first set
> 
> I am using "Zope version: Zope 2.0.1 (source release, python 1.5.1,
> linux2) "
> 
> Is this what is supposed to happen, or is this a bug that was fixed?  I
> *think* I had it working such that M saw third's value at one point,
> then I changed the name of the property in question (and all the methods
> that reference it to reflect that).  Now I see what I described above.

I've tried on a couple other Zopes to make the simplest case work and
can't, so I must have imagined that I had it working at all.  But I
don't understand this - I thought properties and methods were supposed
to be acquired this way?

Really desperate, please help

Dave Parker
Sr. Software Engineer
GlobalCrossing