[Zope-dev] Re: Removing whrandom in Zope 2.9 (was Re: New testrunner on the Zope 2 trunk.)

Tres Seaver tseaver at palladion.com
Tue Nov 22 11:56:05 EST 2005


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Jim Fulton wrote:
> Tres Seaver wrote:
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>> FWIW:
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> Alot. :)
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>> $ pwd
>> /home/tseaver/projects/Zope-CVS/Zope-2_8-branch
>> $ find . -name "*.py" | grep -v "build-base" | xargs grep -l whrandom
>> ./lib/python/AccessControl/DTML.py
>> ./lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/help/PythonScript.py
>> ./lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/regressiontests/regressionCatalog.py
>> ./lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/regressiontests/loadmail.py
>> ./lib/python/RestrictedPython/Utilities.py
>> ./lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py
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>> ./lib/python/zope/security/examples/sandbox.py
>> ./lib/python/zope/security/examples/sandbox_security.py
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> Sigh.
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> ...
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>> Hmm, I see that RestrictedPython/Utilities.py on the Z3 trunk aliases
>> 'random' as 'whrandom' -- could we use that strategy for 2.8 etc.?
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> Yes.  random has the same documented functions and signatures as whrandon.
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>> We could remove them for 2.9, I guess, and just make people fix their
>> applications.
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> I suggest we make aliases and generate deprecation warnings if
> whrandom is used. (The later may be tricky, I realize.)
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> Maybe for now, just make aliases and move on. :)
> 
> Jim

I have aliased 'random' to 'whrandom' in AccessControl.DTML and
RestrictedPython.Utilities on the 2.8 branch and the 2.9 branch, and
added comments noting BBB to be removed in Zope 2.10.

I removed all mention of 'whrandom' the trunk.


Tres.
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