[Zope-dev] Re: Removing whrandom in Zope 2.9 (was Re: New testrunner on the Zope 2 trunk.)

[Jim Fulton]

Tres Seaver wrote:
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> FWIW:

Alot. :)

> $ pwd
> /home/tseaver/projects/Zope-CVS/Zope-2_8-branch
> $ find . -name "*.py" | grep -v "build-base" | xargs grep -l whrandom
> ./lib/python/AccessControl/DTML.py
> ./lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/help/PythonScript.py
> ./lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/regressiontests/regressionCatalog.py
> ./lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/regressiontests/loadmail.py
> ./lib/python/RestrictedPython/Utilities.py
> ./lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py


> ./lib/python/zope/security/examples/sandbox.py
> ./lib/python/zope/security/examples/sandbox_security.py

Sigh.

...

> Hmm, I see that RestrictedPython/Utilities.py on the Z3 trunk aliases
> 'random' as 'whrandom' -- could we use that strategy for 2.8 etc.?

Yes.  random has the same documented functions and signatures as whrandon.

> We could remove them for 2.9, I guess, and just make people fix their
> applications.

I suggest we make aliases and generate deprecation warnings if
whrandom is used. (The later may be tricky, I realize.)

Maybe for now, just make aliases and move on. :)

Jim

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