On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Thierry Florac <tflo...@ulthar.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think ZCA doesn't do "so much more" than implement a few object design
> patterns and provide a very flexible components registry framework.
> I'm working mainly on developing new framework-like packages and I just
> can't work without it except by re-inventing it!
>
> Many users blame ZCML just because it's XML !
As well they should! 0.5 ;)
> But it's just configuration, and separating configuration from
> Python code is one of the greatest benefits of ZCML, mainly while
> working on huge projects. The XML format is just a detail and is
> probably not so worse than many INI-like or text based configuration
> format; and at least it's a de-facto standard.
When I started working on zcml, it used a very light-weight but custom
syntax. I was talked in to using XML by someone who later complained
about it. :) I regret not sticking with the lighter weight syntax.
Jim
P.S. ZCML uses a pretty lightweight style of XML, relying more on
attributes than on nested elements. Ironically/typically I was
criticized for this by XML purists.
--
Jim Fulton
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfulton
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