Re: [Zope] "Acquisition Algebra"; interaction of containment and acquisition is confusing

From: Fred Yankowski <fred@ontosys.com>

Now, does that bother anyone besides me? Since acquisition is intrinsic and ubiquitous in Zope, shouldn't we be concerned that it is hard to control or predict?

Keep in mind that it is only the *order after containment* that has this problem. For instance, schemes to "skin" a subfolder by changing access paths should ensure that there is always exactly one "skin" implementation in the acquisition path. It is tempting to provide a "default skin" in the containment path, but then you can't override it. Cheers, Evan @ digicool & 4-am