Chris Withers wrote: > Jim Fulton wrote: >>>> No, it's not a bug. This is in fact a feature (like it or not). >>> While I respect that this feature may have been chosen carefully, it >>> nevertheless seems more like a misfeature. Chris' expectation was >>> reasonable and ought not to be violated without a good cause. >> queryAdapter is used to look up named adapters. > > It sure would be nice if it had a docstring that at least indicated that > was its only intended purpose.
Now would be a good time for you to add that docstring to the trunk. :-) > From a use point of view, I'd only expect queryAdapter to consider > looking for a named adapter if I actually provide a name. If I provide > no name, it would seem logical to look up a non-named adapter. If > looking up a non-named adapter, it would make sense if the object > already provides the desired interfaces to just return the object. > > I'd love to see where this expectation is faulty... I'm switching to Jim's side now. :-) The semantics you described are more magical. At this point it's probably better to just improve the docs. Shane _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org 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 )
