[Zope-CMF] Re: modifying TypeInformation's properties

[yuppie]

Hi!


Florent Guillaume wrote:
> Anyone opposed to allowing TypeInformation's properties to by added ?

I did not think enough about it to be opposed to it, but I'm concerned. 
An "everything goes" solution doesn't just add new possibilities, it 
also adds much more complexity.

> It's a pain to monkey-patch everything when I could do a simple 
> manage_addProperty. And I see nowhere the rationale for disallowing 
> this. The culprit is TypeInformation's base class 
> SimpleItemWithPropertie whose manage_propertiesForm disables schema 
> edition.

Could you please specify some use cases for adding properties? Are there 
any use cases where different properties per TypeInformation object are 
needed? Would a small add on product define its own properties or would 
there be a standardized schema for CPS or Plone?

Why do you have to monkey-patch TypeInformation? Can't you subclass FTI 
/ STI?

Note that CMFSetup expects the default schema. Don't know if it just 
ignores additional properties.


Cheers,
	Yuppie