[Zope-dev] Re: relocating Zope 2 core interfaces - a proposal

[yuppie]

Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> yuppie wrote:
> 
>> Proposed Solution
>> =================
>> [...]
>> 3.) Doing the same for Zope 2.7 with monkey patching code. [Five 1.0+]
> 
> 
> I assume here you mean patching in OFS.interfaces, webdav.interfaces etc...

Yes.

>> 4.) Making interfaces.zcml point to the new locations. [Five 1.0+]
>>
>> 5.) Adding unit tests that verify interfaces and implementations. 
>> [Zope 2.8.0]
> 
> 
> IMHO that's yagni. We actually don't use interfaces that much for 
> verifying implementations anymore. I think their most common use in Zope 
> 3/Five is documentation, API/schema specification, and easier spelling 
> for security declarations.

???

Who is 'we'?

How do you make sure documentation and specification are in sync with 
the implementation? AFAICT verifyClass() is quite useful for that.


Cheers, Yuppie