[Zope3-dev] Propose removing broken query support from vocabularies

[Jim Fulton]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Thursday 30 September 2004 10:42, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>>As I mentioned before, the current vocabulary implementation and APIs
>>include support for a concept called "queries". Unfortunately, the
>>support is non-functional.  Even worse, there is enough there to
>>trick people into wasting lots of time trying to make it work and
>>getting confused. (I speak from personal experience. :)
>>
>>I'd like to rip out what's there.  In particular, I'd like to
>>remove the definition of the getQuery method from IBaseVocabulary.
>>This ends up being a dead chicken that every vocabulary has to implement
>>despite the fact that it doesn't do anything.
>>
>>If there are no objections, I'm gong to go ahead and do that.
> 
> 
> +1. Will you provide an alternative way of doing this?

No, at least not for X3.0.  Understand that there is no way
of doing this now, so we aren't losing anything.

Jim

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