[Zope3-dev] Use of 'adapts' in Zope core

[Fred Drake]

Garrett Smith wrote:
> I routinely refer to the ZCML to see what adapters are configured for
> what interfaces. If we start omitting this information in the ZCML, we
> add another lookup step to figure out what's going on.
...
> Then again, maybe this is not bad.

Jim Fulton wrote:
> It is bad, IMO, but I think the clutter in the ZCML may be worse.
> 
> I don't find ZCML to be a good tool to find how things are connected,
> as it's too scattered around.

I don't think of ZCML as a useful tool to explore, though that's often
what we have now.

> I really think that apidoc will prove to be a great tool
> for seeing how things are put together, although it needs some work.

Yes.  But I think it would be nice to have something that loads the
ZCML without starting Zope as well, and letting us query the global
registrations in interesting ways.  I'm not really sure what this
would look like yet, but taking a look at things this way may be
quicker than starting Zope, especially for checking things that aren't
yet complete.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.    <fdrake at gmail.com>
Zope Corporation