[Zope-dev] Catalog result brains not extendable

[Steve Alexander]

Jay, Dylan wrote:
 >
 > No I need to combine the data at search time. This is due to the
 > fact that the meta_data is user specific. Every user will have
 > their own set of data for most items in the catalog. I want to join
 >  an arbitrary query of the catalog with the user specific data to
 > have a search with personalized information.
 >
 > My problem is that under normal circumstances python objects can be
 > extended by adding attributes to them. Why can't I do that under
 > zope? or why isn't the results of a catalog search a list of
 > dictionarys rather than a list of objects?

Why not use the __of__ operator on your catalog brains so that they 
acquire the extra attributes?

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Steve Alexander
Software Engineer
Cat-Box limited