[Zope3-dev] Discussion: Configuration vs. Configuration

[Shane Hathaway]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>As I understand it, in the first case you're configuring a component, 
>>and in the second case you're configuring the way a different component 
>>relates to the component you're looking at.  I feel like both of these 
>>are clear examples of configuration, but the difference is in what 
>>you're configuring.  Maybe the second case is "site configuration"?
> 
> 
> That's how Jim has been defending this, yes.  But it doesn't remove
> the confusion.
> 
> Tim suggested "registration" for the second kind; I like that much
> better.  And in fact, these configuration objects are held in a data
> structure that's already called a "registry"!

That's not a bad idea.  I view registration as a special kind of 
configuration.

Shane