[Zope-dev] Acquisition Confusion :S

[Evan Simpson]

From: Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com>
> In anser to 'What is A.B.C.D?' I can't see how you can get:
> ((D o (C o A)) o (B o A))
>
> Here's my working:
>
> A.B.C.D = (B o A) : .C.D
>         = ((C o A) o (B o A)) : .D
>         = ((D o C) o ((C o A) o (B o A)))

This last line should be (((D o C) o (C o A)) o ((C o A) o (B o A))), which
simplifies to ((D o (C o A)) o ((C o A) o (B o A)))
and then (D o ((C o A) o (B o A))).  In this case aq_inner is the entire
expression, since aq_self is not a wrapper.

The IPC8 slides are in error, and need to be fixed.

Cheers,

Evan @ digicool & 4-am