Yes maybe a helper method could be provided for use in subclasses that does this ids conversion when needed.
Although this __getattr__ ids conversion is only used when the subclass does not have the method. So more than likely it would be in use without intervention of the developer right? On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Cédric Krier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/12/10 11:27 -0800, vengfulsquirrel wrote: > > Hey Cédric, > > > > Is it possible to enumerate the general cases where this ids > > conversion is needed? I think knowing the use cases would really make > > choosing a design easier. Right now I can't tell what methods would > > be affected. > > It is required when the system expect to find a method on a children Model > because it inherits some behavior from one of parents. Per example: > > - button method (ids) > - on_write method (ids) > - default method > - on_change method > (perhaps more but I don't find now) > > So only some methods receive ids and if so the ids must be the one from the > parent and not the one from the children. > > But now, I realize that the methods that uses ids will not be called > without > the intervention of a developper to activate some functionnality. So > perhaps > we could drop the convertion and let the developper handle it. > > > Is this conversion meant to be used arbitrarily by a module > > developer? > > It is something that could be excepected from the framework as we got some > kind of inheritage. > > > Seems more likely that it is used internally by base > > tryton methods, is that right? > > No, this functionnality could be used by any modules. > > -- > Cédric Krier > > B2CK SPRL > Rue de Rotterdam, 4 > 4000 Liège > Belgium > Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 > Email/Jabber: [email protected] > Website: http://www.b2ck.com/ > -- [email protected] mailing list
