[Zope] BTreeFolder (easy?) questions

[Kapil Thangavelu]

Dennis Nichols wrote:
> 
> 1. Can I blithely use BTreeFolder in place of Folder without loss of
> functionality?

afaik, yes. btreefolders subclass from folders and reimplement the
setOb, getOb methods of a folder and the __getattr__ method, ie they
have the same external interface.

> 2. Can I successfully inherit from BTreeFolder in ZClasses (assuming that I
> uncomment registerBaseClass, which has been commented out in all
> BTreeFolder versions so far)?

can't think of any reasons why not, although you might might want to
consider composition so you can allow yourself room to transition based
on experience.

Cheers

Kapil