[Zope3-dev] Re: Can an adapter find out what name it was registered for?

[Chris Withers]

Tres Seaver wrote:
>   for name in ('vindaloo', 'madras', 'tiki_masala'):
>        globals()[name] = MNA_factory_maker(name)
> 
> and then in ZCML:
> 
>    <adapter for=".interfaces.IChicken"
>             provides=".interfaces.ICurry"
>             name="vindaloo"
>             factory=".adapters.vindaloo" />

...but here you have to specify the same info twice and hence duplicate 
info and get it identical in two places, which feels icky to me.

Is there a python-only way to register adapters instead of in ZCML and, 
if it exists, is it safe to use in conjunction with the normal zcml dances?

cheers,

Chris

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