[Zope] Re: Blocking Sibling inheritance

[Dario Lopez-Kästen]

Tres Seaver wrote:
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> Jay Zeemer wrote:
> | Greetings all,
> | I am in the process of examining Zope for some possible applications.
> | Currently I am having an issue with Zope being a bit to smart.  I have a
> | directory \Dir1\ and under it I have 2 subdirectories \Dir1\SubA\ and
> | \Dir1\SubB\.  The problem I am having is I can go to \Dir1\SubA\SubB\ and
> | gain access to things that are in \Dir1\SubB\, I need to be able to block
> | sibling level inheritance.  Is this possible in Zope??  Or are there any
> | other ways to block this with out creating a SubB object in 
> \Dir1\SubA\ ??
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> The "sibling inheritance" you are describing is Zope's "acquisition".
> Folders derive from Acquisition.Implicit, which means they are willing
> to acquire any "non-private" name from their parents.
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> To prevent this behavior, place SubA with a Folder-like object which
> derives instead from Acquisition.Explicit.
> 

I'd need this too. Would I be making a correct assumption when stating 
that no such folderish product, such as a "aq-blocking Folder", exists 
yet, but it has to be written (ie by me or anyonelse needing this 
functionality)?

Thanks.

/dario

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