[Zope-Coders] Re: [ZC] 490/ 2 Resolve ""Object" class for PythonScripts"

[Casey Duncan]

Why a __setitem__ as opposed to __setattr__? Is it because that is forbid=
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I'm a little confused what this gains us over just using a dict (but I am=
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scripting section of the Zope book ;^)

-Casey

On Wednesday 04 September 2002 06:20 pm, Collector: Zope Bugs, Features, =
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Patches ... wrote:
> Issue #490 Update (Resolve) ""Object" class for PythonScripts"
>  Status Resolved, Zope/feature+solution low
> To followup, visit:
>   http://collector.zope.org/Zope/490
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> =3D Resolve - Entry #2 by evan on Sep 4, 2002 6:20 pm
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>  Status: Accepted =3D> Resolved
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> Checked into trunk, so it should make the 2.6 branch.
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> =3D Request - Entry #1 by evan on Jul 26, 2002 3:48 pm
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>  Status: Pending =3D> Accepted
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>  Supporters added: evan
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> It would be handy for Scripts to be able to create unsecured, mutable=20
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>     security.declarePublic('Object')
>     def Object():
>         # Don't expose classes
>         return _Object()
>     from ZPublisher.HTTPRequest import record
>     class _Object(record):
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>         def __setitem__(self, key, value):
>             self.__dict__[str(key)] =3D value
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> If there aren't any objections I'd like to check this into the trunk.
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