[Zope3-dev] ZCML alternative

[Guido van Rossum]

> [Jeff] In .NET, the metadata are a component layer of their own,
> instanced depending on where they apply. The metadata has an exposed
> API, in effect, which is discussed in that O'Reilly article. It can
> be emitted by an [attribute] syntax, or program code, which can
> include parsers of configuration files, code in constructors, code
> in library wrappers, as well as handlers for custom attributes.

I hope that this suggestion is still considered: provide alternative
ways to provide configuration information, making ZCML *one* of the
ways.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)