Jim Fulton wrote at 2006-10-6 16:55 -0400: > ... >> As explained in the proposal: >> >> We have 3 use cases for volatile attributes: > >I didn't ask why you use volatile attributes. > >I asked why _p_sticky needs to be stored on each instance, >since it is set at the class level.
It is set at class level only for one of the 3 use cases -- as explained in the original proposal *AND* in the repetition of the 3 use cases.... >... > >>> - This isn't unique to _v_ attributes. An object could >>> have other non-persistent data that is precious. >> >> No: only "_v_" attributes are lost at deactivation > >No, normally all state is lost at deactivation, including _v_ >attributes. Of course, most other state can be reloaded >from the database. Thus, it is in some way persistent, isn't it? -- Dieter _______________________________________________ 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