Object Relationships (was Re: [Zope3-dev] zwiki: performanceof findChildren())

[Shane Hathaway]

Chris Withers wrote:
> Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
>>
>> I have since realized I wasn't willing to maintain an interface that 
>> ZODB was unable to implement.
> 
> 
> Not sure what you mean by "an interface that ZODB was unable to 
> implement", can you explain?

FileStorage-backed ZODB can't implement a general query() method.

> The query method was, for me, a way to get access to the power of your 
> underlying storage. So, relational queries with a relational database, 
> grep and friends on a file system, etc...

query() might be added later, but before we do that I want to explore 
other options.

> How will that need be taken care of now?

Set your time machine to a little in the future, visit zope-dev, and 
read the thread on relation[ship]s.  There might be a proposal out. 
Maybe even a rough implementation.  Then come back and tell me all about 
it, because I'd like to know how it will work too. ;-)  Right now all we 
have is vague ideas.

Shane