[Zope-dev] RFC: Python/Zope Interfaces

[Jim Fulton]

Michel Pelletier wrote:
> 
> Lalo Martins wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 08:11:48AM -0800, Michel Pelletier wrote:
> > > Python Interface Proposal
> > >
> > >   I have been working on a proposal for enhancing the existing interface
> > >   documentation in Zope.  The Wiki for this project can be found here:
> >
> > As far as what's written on the proposal is concerned, I like it.
> >
> > Technically, I have one objection to the interface
> > documentation system:
> >
> > Why must I create a new "dummy" Python file? Why can't the
> > system extract the data from the Python source itself?
> 
> You can, of course, because you can just pass the Interface costructor a
> class.

This is, in my strongly-held opinion, a bad idea.  Most classes
implement multiple interfaces, and trying to suck interfaces out of
a class definition will tend to generate sloppy interfacesl.

I added a comment on this to your Wiki page. :)

Jim

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