"R. David Murray" wrote:
1) Why does SimpleItem still have this?! Since so much, IIRC, is derived from SimpleItem.Item, surely this goes very much against the grain of 'everything should be protected unless I say otherwise'?
If you read the docs about the 2.2 security changes, you'll find the explication. Summary: this is a transitional step.
IIRC, Brian checked in the change, found that it broke stuff and then reluctantly added this in. I suppose it's godo to bear in mind :-)
2) Why does having __allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__=1 mean that the 'start with _ = hidden/no DTML, no web Access' ruel applies?
I don't think that's what he meant. I think he meant that keeping that _ behavior was necessary because most objects still use the older 'wide open' security model. But I could be wrong.
Hmm, I'm gonna try and phrase a proposal on dev.zope.org that might cover this :S cheers, Chris