[Zope-dev] RFC: RelationAware class for relations between objects

[Roché Compaan]

On Sat, 3 May 2003 12:00:15 -0400 (EDT)
Shane Hathaway <shane@zope.com> wrote:
> ZODB already uses persistent references.  That's what OIDs are for.  But=
 
> ZODB references are not bidirectional.
> 
> > Coming back to the problem statement, shouldn't it be as simple as "The
> > ZODB should be able to persist references?" or did I just take the wrong
> > turn?
> 
> I'm afraid you did. :-)  The inverse relationship mentioned in the page
> you linked is talking about adding an integrity constraint, not about
> creating bidirectional references.

I am glad I did - you've explained why so well :-) And you made
relationships in the ZODB sound revolutionary which I think it is,
considering that the OO data model doesn't address it.

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Roché Compaan
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