[Zope] feature suggestion (aliases)

[Farrell, Troy]

The only problem I see are cyclical references, especially with Acquision.
Could you imagine what would happen if Acquision was turned on with these
things?  It could be great fun and crashed servers ! :)

Troy

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy McKay [mailto:andym@ActiveState.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:57 AM
To: tom smith; zope@zope.org
Subject: Re: [Zope] feature suggestion (aliases)


I saw one once that (I think) Shane Hathaway did. Looking for it now I can't
see it though Zope.org, perhaps there were problems with it.
--
  Andy McKay.


----- Original Message -----
From: "tom smith" <tom@othermedia.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: [Zope] feature suggestion (aliases)


> hi all
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> This would be really really useful.
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> An object type which just contained a reference to another object
elsewhere
> in the system. It's main view would be, er, view (rather than edit) . It
> would behave like a Mac's alias or (I think) like a unix softlink.
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> It's only purpose would be to make navigation of the management screens
> easier and quicker. It's only *other* purpose would be to avoid
duplicating
> code that doesn't fit into the hierarchy. Of it's three purposes...
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> cheers
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