[Zope-dev] Ids starting with _

[Chris Withers]

Dieter Maurer wrote:
>  > I wonder why starting folders with _ is so bad in Zope?

> In the time, when everything was allowed what was not explicitely
> forbidden, an easy way was necessary to forbid access. Jim
> (and, therefore, Zope) used:
> 
>   anything starting with "_" is private: no DTML access, no Web access.
> 
> Now, with the change to a security policy "Everything is
> forbidden when not explicitely allowed", the need for
> such a rule based on naming dwindles. Maybe, it will disappear
> sometime in the future.

Maybe this is something for dev.zope.org?

cheers,

Chris