(CC'ed to zope-dev.) Steve Jibson wrote:

I just took the poll for the new name for Python Methods and so far, it looks like people like the existing name. Based on this, I have a suggestion for another name to add to the list:

"pyMethod" (or "plMethod" for Perl)

The same pattern--standard filename extension + "Method"--could be follwed for any future languages (i.e. cppMethod for C++)

It's retains the same appeal as "Python Method" but eliminates some of the confusion.

Maybe. What do you think of: "Python ZMethod" "Python Zope Method" "Python Web Method" Here's what the meat of the problem really is, explained well by Jim: Evan's Zope objects named "Python Methods" don't behave or look like methods defined by the Python programming language. There are quite a few people who think this is a problem. Evan has good reasons for wanting the current behavior. If this problem is considered to be significant, there are, a number of possible alternatives: 1. Change the name of Evan's objects, in which case "Python Method" shouldn't be a choice. 2. Change the behavior of Evan's objects to more closely match what Python programmers would recognize as a Python method. Thus the poll did not ask the right question. Shane