2009/12/17 Mikko Ohtamaa :
> Hi,
>
> I need to have little clarification should properties work on
> Persistent objects. I am running ZODB 3.8.4 on Plone 3.3.
>
> I am using plone.behavior and adapters to retrofit objects with a new
> behavior (HeaderBehavior object). This object is also editable t
Laurence Rowe wrote:
> 2009/12/17 Mikko Ohtamaa:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to have little clarification should properties work on
>> Persistent objects. I am running ZODB 3.8.4 on Plone 3.3.
>>
>> I am using plone.behavior and adapters to retrofit objects with a new
>> behavior (HeaderBehavior object). T
>
> This isn't right: a z3c.form form is just a view like any other. It is
> looked up on the context and the request. In Dexterity (which I assume
> you're using?), that's going to be the content object.
Sorry, I think I mixed with zope.formlib. In any case I hope to find
the answer to the origna
Mikko Ohtamaa wrote:
>> This isn't right: a z3c.form form is just a view like any other. It is
>> looked up on the context and the request. In Dexterity (which I assume
>> you're using?), that's going to be the content object.
>
> Sorry, I think I mixed with zope.formlib. In any case I hope to find
> That code is insane. Really insane. It's generating classes and doing
> custom adapter factories that inject a _v_ variable into a persistent
> object temporarily. I wouldn't try to copy it at all. I would run away.
But I thought this was *the* Zope way and the brightest minds in the
community h
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Mikko Ohtamaa wrote:
> I need to have little clarification should properties work on
> Persistent objects.
Properties work with persistent objects with one limitation that I'm aware of.
The __setattribute__ method used by the persistent base class assumes
that any
>
> Properties work with persistent objects with one limitation that I'm aware of.
> The __setattribute__ method used by the persistent base class assumes
> that any attribute assignment modifies the object's persistent state.
> A property
> that doesn't modify state or that modifies volatile state
