[Zope] Inserting objects in acquisition chain

[Casey Duncan]

On Tuesday 13 November 2001 07:49 pm, Oliver Bleutgen allegedly wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in a python product, I want to insert an (folderish) object into the
> namespace like this:
>
> parent_object
>      subobject
>

Assuming you want the effect to be temporary, that is only within the product 
code, you can do:

new_wrapper = subobject.aq_base.__of__(parent_object)

If subobject is not already an acquisition wrapper then this would do:

new_wrapper = subobject.__of__(parent_object)

>
> Now I want that parent_object behave like subobject would be it's
> sq_parent, all other things should stay the same (acquisition from
> objects higher in the tree etc...).
>
> No other bells and whistles needed, I need exactly what I depicted above.
>
> Any hints?
>
> cheers,
> oliver
>

hth,
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