[Zope3-dev] RFC: death to getView, getDefaultViewName, and getResource

[Tres Seaver]

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 18:21, Gary Poster wrote:
> I think I noticed absolute url was implemented as a view; I thought it was an 
> odd choice, but is there a good reason for it to be a view?  If so, whatever 
> the reason is might be an argument to keep the non-request version.

Unlike physical path, 'absolute_url' needs to be adjusted to correspond
to any virtual hosting which is in place;  hence, it depends on the
request, and is therefore a view.

Tres.
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