[Zope-dev] Re: In Defense of ZClasses

[whit]

if zclasses(and some of the niceties that depended on them like 
ZPatterns) could reliably roundtrip to the filesystem, would we be 
having this conversation?

I don't know...it seems like if you tackled the less sexy problem of 
making zclasses play with normal developer tool chain, the divide 
between zclass fans and core developers is bridged.

Seaside, the smalltalk web framework is a successful example of this(but 
before it could be, they had to build a scm in smalltalk).

I think the reality is that since the current best practice toolchain 
came after the inception of ZClasses, you can't expect any active 
developers to want to maintain something divorced from their working 
environment.

bring zclasses back to the tool chain, and you might grow an audience to 
help you.


-w