+1 from me ! I'm always in favor of less typing :P Besides, you make good points :)
J.F. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Fulton Sent: April 14, 2004 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Zope-dev] More arguments for "z" (was Re: [Zope3-dev] Zope and zope) Jim Fulton wrote: > Jim Fulton wrote: > > ... > >> Give the responses. I need to recast my question as a selection >> among alternatives. But, before I do that, we will need to consider >> alternatives a bit more. > > > OK, here's another. > > What about renaming the Zope 3 zope package to "z". > > - It fits with the expansion of "Zope": > "Z Object Publishing Environment". > > - It's short :) > > - *At this time* (but after the move to svn), it's not too hard to make > a change like this for Zope 3. Backward compatibility is not a big > issue. This will change when X3.0 is released, which is why I'm > bothering to deal with this now. > > - This was suggested a couple of years ago when coming up with the > Zope 3 package layout. > > Examples (from the buddydemo example): > > import z.interface > from z.app import zapi > from z.app.event import publish > from z.app.event.objectevent import ObjectModifiedEvent Other reasons I like "z": - Less noise in imports - Echos the "circle z" - The packages in "z" can be used for more than just Zope - Emphasizes the more "minimalist" nature of Zope 3 relative to Zope 2 - "z" is a component of "zope" OK, I'm getting carried away. Sorry ;) Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )