[Zope3-dev] Bringing the name game to a close, for now

Lennart Regebro lennart@regebro.nu
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:12:18 +0100


From: "Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org>
> I like adapter a lot better than feature.  And I think it's
> appropriate: an adapter can convert an application protocol (like the
> "Contact" class in Jim's tutorial) into a presentation protocol like
> HTML.  Whether that is new functionality or not is in the eye of the
> beholder...

Well, you are correct, that would be a kind of adapter. But this sounds to
me more like a presentation component, and not like a feature component.