[Zope3-dev] More name game suggestions

[Shane Hathaway]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> I like "adapter" because it's a generic usage that is easier to say than 
> "implementation of an interface".  I would say "wrapper" rather than 
> "adapter" except that it would detract from the uniqueness of "wrapper" 
> in talking about how acquisition works.

There is a possibility that using adapters will be more interesting than 
adding features--that the connection between components might actually 
be more interesting than the application functionality.  Forwarding an 
email is something any app can do, but maybe Zope3 has facilities to 
spam-filter it, copy it to a wiki and a discussion forum, archive it 
using SOAP, log its headers, generate an auto-reply to the sender, and 
finally forward it with some special headers.  Just put together some 
adapters. :-)  So if our current expectations are a little incorrect, 
then adapter is indeed the right word.

Shane