[Zope] Pluggable brains?

Phillip J. Eby pje@telecommunity.com
Sun, 04 Jul 1999 19:09:11 -0500


At 01:07 AM 7/5/99 +0200, Alexander Staubo wrote:
>Could somebody explain the concept of pluggable brains? I have come
>across this phrase more than once, and I still don't know what it is. Is
>there any documentation on this?
>
>Is it by any chance related to an SQL Method's ability to represent data
>records with Python classes?

Yes.  Sorry for the term, I picked it up from Jim Fulton back when it was
an about-to-be-added feature for Principia/Aqueduct.  As with so many
Fultonisms, it's vivid and tends to stick in one's (non-pluggable) brain.