[Zope-dev] _p_deactivate() and _v_ variables?

Dieter Maurer dieter at handshake.de
Thu Oct 9 14:52:35 EDT 2003


Chris Withers wrote at 2003-10-8 21:22 +0100:
 > Casey Duncan wrote:
 > 
 > > I would argue that a better plan would be to only use _v_ vars for completely 
 > > disposable data only. The application should expect that this values will be 
 > > gone at any random time, not just at transaction boundaries.
 > 
 > I agree with this. How do we go about find code that uses the assumption that 
 > _v_ stuff won't change unless it's at a transaction boundary?

This will invalidate many current uses:

  *  use for database connections

  *  use for skin data

  *  ...


Dieter



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