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[Magnus Heino]

> > Which makes a degree of sense - it's easier to protect a single 'upda=
te'
> > method than to allow direct attribute setting.  But, with Schema and
> > Python 2.2+ Properties, is it still the right way?
>
> I hope the right way will change with these new things, but we're curre=
ntly
> in a phase where we're grasping around for idioms concerning this.
> The broader question is "should I make this a property or a method?".
>
> In theory properties/schema help with introspection and I think the cod=
e
> can look more readable too.

Will it be easy to extend existing types with new properties too?

Example from today;

def addCollectorIssue(self,
                      id,
                      title=3D'',
                      description=3D'',
                      submitter_id=3DNone,
                      submitter_name=3DNone,
                      submitter_email=3DNone,
                      kibitzers=3DNone,
                      topic=3DNone,
                      classification=3DNone,
                      security_related=3D0,
                      importance=3DNone,
                      version_info=3DNone,
                      assignees=3DNone,
                      file=3DNone, fileid=3DNone, filetype=3DNone,
                      REQUEST=3DNone):
    """Create a new issue in the collector.

    We return a string indicating any errors, or None if there weren't an=
y."""

    it =3D CollectorIssue(id=3Did,
                        container=3Dself,
                        title=3Dtitle,
                        description=3Ddescription,
                        submitter_id=3Dsubmitter_id,
                        submitter_name=3Dsubmitter_name,
                        submitter_email=3Dsubmitter_email,
                        kibitzers=3Dkibitzers,
                        topic=3Dtopic,
                        classification=3Dclassification,
                        security_related=3Dsecurity_related,
                        importance=3Dimportance,
                        version_info=3Dversion_info,
                        assignees=3Dassignees,
                        file=3Dfile, fileid=3Dfileid, filetype=3Dfiletype=
)
    it =3D self._getOb(it.id)
    got =3D it.do_action('request', description, assignees,
                       file, fileid, filetype)

    return got



Adding a new "field" foo to a CollectorIssue isnt fun as it is today... :=
-P

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  /Magnus Heino