[Zope-dev] implementing zope.component 4.0

[Chris McDonough]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Introduction
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> 
> So now that we've had some discussion and to exit the "bikeshed" phase, 
> let's see about getting some volunteers to work on this.
> 
> The goal here is to make interfaces disappear into the language as much 
> as possible.

I suggest we think to ourselves who the primary beneficiary of this goal is.  I 
don't really disagree with anything you say here in absolute terms, but if the 
goal is increased adoption by new users, I think there are (relatively) more 
fundamental things that could be done to help.

In particular, I'd suggest we write real documentation for the current 
zope.component package.  When I say "real documentation", I mean something like 
this: http://docs.repoze.org/component/.  "Official" docs for the package itself.

Once you start writing documentation, obvious refactoring opportunities often 
fall out that are more important than adding another layer of abstraction.  I 
think adding more abstraction without documenting the current system will not 
serve a goal of increasing adoption.

- C