[Zope3-dev] Re: ZCML

[Godefroid Chapelle]

Martijn Faassen wrote:

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> 
> I've felt this myself when looking at ZCML. If a tag has more than
> 7 attributes (or even less) my short-term memory tends to short out. This
> means I'll be either referring to the documentation constantly or
> that I'll be programming by copy and paste, and I don't like either
> way.
> 
> The way this can be amended is to introduce a number of very regular
> patterns in the XML schema which can be easily generalized. The
> overridability you mentioned would also help.
> 
> It may be very easy from an implementation point to add new tags and
> attributes now. That is good. That's usability for those who need to
> extend and maintain ZCML. But usability for those that just use ZCML
> is more important still.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martijn

I totally agree with Martijn for the above.

I want to recall us that ZCML is a new language for new concepts for 
most of us. This implies that much importance should be put on its 
usability.
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