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.
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