[Grok-dev] schema.List returns a list, but is it persistent?

[Martin Aspeli]

Sebastian Ware wrote:
> That is true, however I would definitely call that behaviour a bug in  
> schema.List. The assumption that only data manipulation is done with  
> applyData sounds risky. You could get some pretty creepy bugs...
> 
> Anyway, I'll look into your suggestion.
> 
> A suggestion is to change the behaviour of applyData so that it  
> returns PersistentList.

-1

The implications for backwards compatibility are enormous.

Using a standard list is fine. It just means that if you modify the list 
you need to do _p_changed = True on the parent object, or re-set the 
whole list.

Martin

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