Does ZODB have something equivalent to Durus' Computed Attributes? Which I understand are attributes (or methods) on a Persistent object that compute a value from some other attributes and then cache that result for each connection, and if any of the attributes from which the Computed Attribute computes its result change, the new result will be automatically computed and all connections will have their cached value invalidated.
On a related note, do properties work with Persistent objects in ZODB? I mean the Python property() function. I do not know how it interacts with __getattr__() and stuff, and I know the ZODB docs warn against messing with those functions for Persistent classes. If they do work, do they basically serve as a non-cached computed attribute? Is a Durus Computed Attribute just a property with caching and consistency for multiple connections? (I know this isn't a Durus list.) I'm developing an application for my job that uses ZODB. I think ZODB is awesome and it has been very instructive studying the code and documentation and the archives for this list. So thanks all you people who write this great software and help others understand it. I eventually hope to produce something useful for less experienced programmers (like me) about indexing strategies and techniques. Indexing turns out to be somewhat complicated with important tradeoffs to consider. _______________________________________________ For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
