[Zope3-dev] Re: emit ObjectModifiedEvent when object changed and zodb noticed?

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Chris Withers wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Just been wondering about the need to retrofit:
> 
> notify(ObjectModifiedEvent(self))
> 
> ...into lots of code. Can we do anything less intrusive?
> 
> I mean, if a non-Zope object has changed, why should it have to think 
> about emitting events?

Objects don't send events about themselves. It's the code that does 
things to objects that has the responsibility of sending the right 
event. E.g. if your code (e.g. a view) modifies an object, it has to 
send the event. Zope's form machineries do this already, btw.

Philipp