On 2/16/06, Jeff Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One could, but it's really not worth it. It's just the laws of Python > and mutability and immutability :). (It took me years to understand > those terms. I kept associating them with 'mutable' in the "can be > made quiet" sense... Eventually my music brain stepped back and I went > "oh, MUTATE! Ahhh!". Seriously, it took me about four years to > understand that :). > Wow! I think I love you Jeff. Not only do you reply with non-condencending constructive advise you also confess to [past] weaknesses.
> > Personally, I seldom store lists, or even use them as attributes on > instances. Even outside of Zope/ZODB, I've found myself accidentally > losing data because I was carelessly using the reference. Tuples for > everybody! > Ok. Sounds sensible. I've learnt something: use BTrees() instead of dict(), use tuple() instead of list(). > On 2/15/06, Shaun Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, one could have a base class along the lines of > > > > class PersistSetItemOnAttributes: > > > > def __setattr__( self, attr, val ): > > oldSI = val.__class__.__dict__.get( '__setitem__', None ) > > if oldSI is not None: > > def newSI( vself, vattr, vval ): > > vself._p_changed = True # is this the right member? > > oldSI( vattr, vval ) # oldSI is bound: no vself? > > val.__class__.__setitem__ = newSI > > super( PersistSetItemOnAttributes, self ).__setattr__( attr, val > > ) > > > > Of course, this is really just pseudocode. For one thing, need to trap > > whether 'val' is really a class. For another if you were serious about > > this, you would want to check if the obj wasn't persistent first, and > > you might want to do it recursively. And while your are at it, you might > > want to check on other mutators as well....(for instance, check first > > what sequence interface if any 'val' supports...) > > > > ... sounds like too much work, and would be problem prone even so. After > > all, some things you don't want to be persistent! > > > > - Shaun > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of Stephan Richter > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:43 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Cc: Florian Lindner > > > Subject: Re: [Zope3-Users] What attributes are made persistent > > > > > > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 08:21, Peter Bengtsson wrote: > > > > class PersistentAnything(PersistentMapping, PersistentList, > > > > PersistentDict): > > > > > > AAhhhh! This is so wrong! It merges two incompatible APIs: collections > > and > > > mappings. The non-persistent equivalent to this is: > > > > > > >>> class DoEverything(set, list, dict): > > > ... pass > > > > > > > Am I just trying to make it too simple? > > > > > > I think you try far too hard to not understand why the persistent > > > mechanism > > > works as it does. You make your life harder than it has to be. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Stephan > > > -- > > > Stephan Richter > > > CBU Physics & Chemistry (B.S.) / Tufts Physics (Ph.D. student) > > > Web2k - Web Software Design, Development and Training > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Zope3-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope3-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users > > > > > -- > Jeff Shell > _______________________________________________ > Zope3-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users > -- Peter Bengtsson, work www.fry-it.com home www.peterbe.com hobby www.issuetrackerproduct.com _______________________________________________ Zope3-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users
