Here's an FYI and request for comments (if there are any): the new widgets code includes threadsafety protection. It's not foolproof, but I think it will eliminate the common problem that I've seen when people have been writing their widgets.
Widgets are designed to be reused from request to request. Since multiple requests can come in at the same time, if you store things on "self" that change each time the widget is displayed, it's entirely possible that two people will get the same data, even when they should get different data. To prevent this, when a widget is first displayed it becomes locked to further changes. Any attempts to set self.(something) will be met with an exception. You can still shoot yourself in the foot with module-level variables and mutable variables, but the self.foo = "bar" problem is something I've seen in a few widgets. -- Kevin Dangoor Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: http://www.BlazingThings.com blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com
