[Zope] Zope & python 2

[Curtis Maloney]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Toby Dickenson wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> Is anyone using or know the current state of Zope with python 2.0 ?
> >
> >I've been somewhat curious about this myself.
>
> The current release of Zope works well on python 2.0. If you are a
> cautious type, you might not want to use it on a production server
> yet. (I would certainly recommend you dont if you allow untrusted
> users to write dtml)
>
Hmm.. well, that's good to know... which products have you tried it with so 
far?

> >Will there need to be large changes now that strings are proper objects?
> > (the string functions are now methods of strings).  If so, will this mean
> > the phasing out of _.string ?
>
> _.string is unlikely to go away.
>
> String methods are currently inaccessible TTW. The security
> implications of opening this up have not yet been assessed.
>
> >And from the looks of things there are a large number of small changes
> > that could be made to improve performance (such as the new 'augmented
> > assignment' operators [ += *= /= and so on] )....
>
> It seems likely that they will not be available in dtml (for the same
> reasons as regular assignment). The case for PythonMethods has not yet
> been investigated
>

I didn't mean to dtml, I meant to all the Python code underneath.  I'm sure 
you've noticed there is a lot more to Zope than just DTML and Python methods.

>
> Toby Dickenson
> tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com
>

Have a better one,
	Curtis Maloney.