Re: ZCA proposal
Shane Hathaway <[email protected]>
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Martin Aspeli wrote: > Gary Poster wrote: >> I think I could get fully behind the following proposal that others have made (Shane I think was one of several?). >> >> IFoo.adapt(...) >> >> IFoo.utility(...) > > Thinking about it a bit, it strikes me that IFoo.adapt(context) may not > be right. This reads "IFoo adapt context", which doesn't make sense. > What I really want to hear is "context adapted to IFoo". So maybe it's > > IFoo.adapting(context)? > IFoo.adapterFor(context)? > IFoo.adapter(context)? > > Just thinking out loud. To me, "myobj.get(x)" reads as "myobj, please get x and give me the result", so "IFoo.adapt(y)" reads as "IFoo, please adapt y and give me the result". That statement makes perfect sense to me. > Thinking out loud further, I think I may actually prefer IFoo.instance() > instead of .utility(), but maybe that debate is already passed. > .utility() is OK too. To me, generic names like "instance" and "singleton" suggest we're trying to solve some grand problem that would make our brains hurt. I find it more satisfying to solve a more specific problem. I am participating in this thread because I believe the current zope.component API is unnecessarily verbose, hindering readability and adoption by Python projects that would benefit. I think adding adapt() and utility() to zope.interface.Interface might improve the situation. We could instead add adapt() and utility() functions to the zope.component package, but I haven't seen any function signature that would turn out as simple as "IFoo.adapt(x)". Shane _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [email protected] https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )