[Zope-dev] Question about import code

[Dieter Maurer]

Shane Hathaway writes:
 > Fred Wilson Horch wrote:
 > > > Importing multiple objects simultaneously could result in a fair amount
 > > > of confusion...
 > > 
 > > Can you elaborate?  When you import a folder, for example, it imports
 > > the folder and all objects in it.
 > 
 > If there are some objects in the folder that have conflicting names and
 > others that don't, what do you do?
Zope already solves this problem for "paste".
Although, I am not sure that I like this solution,
"import" should behave the same, for consistency.

 > Also, if you're thinking about
 > providing this functionality, what about spanning multiple folders? What
 > if some folders already exist?
Again, it should behave like "paste", for consistency.



Dieter