Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> The whole purpose of inheritance, IMO, is to make it possible to
> understand and/or define a class *in terms of how it is different* from
> its base(s). Requiring a restatement of its bases' interfaces in order
> to denote a change, is just as redundant as requiring one to restate the
> source code of the methods inherited from those bases!
+1
I hope Zope3 will never become as complex as Zope 2, but have in mind
the Interface Declaration API should be useable with real live classes
like the attached example from the CMF.
Restating its bases' interfaces would be a real pain.
Just my 2 cents,
Yuppie
Inheritance Tree of CMFCore.PortalObject.PortalObjectBase
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DynamicType --+
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Base --+ |
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CMFCatalogAware --+
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Base --+ |
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CopyContainer --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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Navigation --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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Tabs --+ |
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Acquirer --+ |
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Persistent --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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EtagSupport --+ | | |
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LockableItem --+ | |
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Resource --+ | |
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Collection --+ |
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Traversable --+ |
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ObjectManager --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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Node --+ | | |
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Element --+ | | |
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ElementWithAttributes --+ | |
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PropertyManager --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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RoleManager --+ | |
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RoleManager --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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EtagSupport --+ | | |
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LockableItem --+ | |
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Resource --+ | |
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Collection --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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Base --+ | | |
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EtagSupport --+ | | | |
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LockableItem --+ | | |
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Resource --+ | |
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Base --+ | | |
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CopySource --+ | |
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Base --+ | | |
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Tabs --+ | |
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Traversable --+ | |
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Node --+ | | |
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Element --+ | |
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Base --+ | | |
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Owned --+ | |
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Base --+ | | |
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UndoSupport --+ | |
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Item --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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FindSupport --+ |
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Folder --+
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PortalFolder --+
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Base --+ |
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CopyContainer --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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Navigation --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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Tabs --+ |
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Acquirer --+ |
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Persistent --+ |
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Base --+ | |
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EtagSupport --+ | | |
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LockableItem --+ | |
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Resource --+ | |
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Collection --+ |
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Traversable --+ |
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ObjectManager --+ |
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SkinnableObjectManager --+
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PortalObjectBase