[Zope-dev] Re: [ZODB-Dev] Getting rid of ZODB versions (was Re: [ZWeb] Are Versions evil?)

[Dieter Maurer]

Christian Robottom Reis wrote at 2004-7-16 10:27 -0300:
> ...
>> The database itself uses a short-lived lock to generate oids.
>
>Functionality which would be interesting if it were publically available
>to solve the aforementioned problem.

The functionality to get OIDs is there.
It is the "new_oid" method of "Storages".
You can abuse OIDs for "identifies".

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Dieter