[Zope3-dev] Re: ZCML and default namespaces

[Jim Fulton]

Steve Alexander wrote:
> 
>> <zopeConfigure
>>    xmlns='http://namespaces.zope.org/zope'
>>  >
>>
>> and this::
>>
>> <zopeConfigure
>>    xmlns='http://namespaces.zope.org/help'
>>  >
>>
>> are not easily distinguishable when staring at a ZCML file too late at 
>> night, especially when there are other namespaces being registered 
>> (and what if 'page' shows up in more than one namespace?  And if 
>> that's not going to happen, then why have namespaces?).
>>
>> Maybe I've just gotten used to the concept that 
>> 'namespaces.zope.org/zope' is always going to the primary namespace 
>> (especially with the zopeConfigure tag there).  I can learn my way 
>> around this though.
> 
> 
> This is a good point, and a good argument in favour of removing the hack 
> that puts 'zopeConfigure' into all namespaces.
> 
> I'd much rather see zopeConfigure renamed 'configure', and appear only 
> in the zope namespace. Then, you have an immediate visual clue when 
> you're using non-default namespace:
> 
>   <configure
>       xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
>       >
> 
>   <zope:configure
>       xmlns:zope="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
>       xmlns="http://namsespaces.zope.org/help"
>       >

Would you also require:

   <zope:include ....

Jim


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