[Zope3-dev] Heads up: zope.app.intid and zope.app.keyreference are now opt

[Uwe Oestermeier]

jim at zope.com wrote:
>The fact that you can't get key references for persistent objects is a
>real
>pain.  I've thought a lot about that, but haven't come up with a good
>solution.
>(Phillip Eby suggested using GUIDs at one point.  I've always been a bit
>suspicious of GUIDs myself.) 

What's the problem with GUIDs? Many systems use them (e.g. the Chandler
repository, SVN) to solve similar problems.
Doesn't WebDAV locking require GUIDs anyway?

Uwe