[ZODB-Dev] Re: [Zope] DateTime mess

[Jürgen Herrmann]

the question was wether DateTime instances (of the new implementation,
which is yet to be coded) should mixin Persistent.

regards, juergen herrmann

[ Tim Peters wrote:]
> Sorry, I couldn't find a comprehensible question here after reasonable
> effort to extract one.  Clearly, Zope2's DateTime.DateTime.DateTime
> objects
> are neither persistent nor do they define any mutating methods.  Are those
> relevant?  If not, try to ask a question directly, without assuming
> everyone
> has read the other 55 messages in the zope-dev thread ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:03 PM
> To: Lennart Regebro
> Cc: zodb-dev at zope.org
> Subject: [ZODB-Dev] Re: [Zope] DateTime mess
>
> Lennart Regebro wrote:
>> On 11/29/05, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Hmm... how so? I've always thought it quite nice that when, for example,
>>>you store the modification time of an object in a DateTime, you can
>>>safely update it without worrying about the whole object having to be
>>>repickled when you change it...
>>
>> Oh, so that make a difference? datetime objects are unchangeable,
>
> Really? didn't know that...
>
>> so
>> everytime you change it you will have to set the attribute, and I
>> thought the whole object got pickled then, but I guess that it
>> doesn't, then.
>
> Honestly, I don't know. Changing to the zodb-dev list so someone who
> does might comment...
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
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