[Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope/lib/python/ZODB - FileStorage.py:1.98.2.1

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    >> ChrisM reminded me this morning that "George Bailey" is a
    >> reference to the character in the movie, "It's a Wonderful
    >> Life".

    GvR> That's exactly the problem.  If lots of people don't realize
    GvR> that Python is a reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus,
    GvR> how can we expect them to know about George Bailey?

I think I first started calling such things "Zombie object" or
zombification, but Jimmy Stewart is just such a more likeable
character (although the thought of a Jimmy Stewart zombie should
frighten everyone).

Calling such objects "uncreated" seems fine, and the most descriptive
of what actually happened to it.

-Barry