[Zope-dev] Re: ZCatalog and Unique IDs

[Chris Withers]

Evan Simpson wrote:
> There are generally two ways (at least) to think about "object identifiers".
> You can think of them as unique labels for specific objects, without regard
> for location ("Jim Fulton")

Me too...

> or as addresses or slots in which objects can be
> found ("the CTO").  

who's the CTO?

> In this case, an advantage to using the address stance

[snip path/catalog stuff]

> use paths instead of object monikers.

Why not do both? 

Have an POID (CORBA style) to actually identify an object and then use
paths of POIDS to identify stuff in a cotnext *when you need to*...

comments?

Chris