[Zope-dev] make zope.component.registry.Components inherit from dict?

[Martin Aspeli]

Matthew Wilkes wrote:

> Right, but I think mixing the two is just going to be confusing.  Your  
> alternative spelling may well be useful, but only if it works within  
> the confines of the ZCA itself, otherwise you're just hijacking the  
> component root for your own (nefarious) purposes.

The site manager != the component site. In Plone, getSite() returns the 
Plone site object; getSiteManager() returns an IComponents instance or 
whatever that interface is. So making that implement the dict API is OK.

Martin

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