On 3/8/07, whit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>  - Consider some kind of compitability alias mechanism, so that when
> people keep using getToolByName(context, 'portal_types') we translate
> that to getUtility(ITypesTool), for as long as we need to (but still
> warning).
+1... I mean chrissakes.. getToolByName was supposed to be future
proofing for this day...

Indeed and if the choice had been made to use named utilities
getToolByName could just be a shorthand for
getUtility(IBaseToolInterface, name).  As it is, it could still be
made an alias for getToolByInterfaceName, though that's a little
silly.

> Removing in 3.5 sounds completely unrealistic to me. If we find that
> by 4.0 most third party products that count (i.e. would be otherwise
> compatible) have been fixed, we can consider removal.
>
+100.... and someone should blog or write a tutorial about these changes
and how to utilize them.

Another +100

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