[Zope] Zope Book mentions "Fragility"

Paul Winkler pw_lists at slinkp.com
Mon Nov 17 00:38:53 EST 2003


On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 10:38:01PM -0600, Brad Allen wrote:
> Thanks, Paul and Dylan...but will I need a security policy if there's 
> only one other developer that I work closely with? He works on the 
> web pages and I work on the scripts. Eventually, we will have a 
> security policy for one administrator who may use the Zope management 
> interface. End users will never see the Zope management interface.
> 
> I don't follow your use of the word "magic".

I mean this: 
Asking for an object only by name and expecting to
get the right object, no matter what folder you're in.
Acquisition provides the "magic".  It's very convenient when 
it works, and also easy to shoot yourself in the foot.

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Paul Winkler
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