[Zope] Re: rename lots of files

[Maik Jablonski]

Dylan Reinhardt wrote:
> When you're doing a large-scale operation on a folder that contains
> hundreds of objects (or more), the resources required to redraw the ZMI
> are surprisingly immense.  I suspect there may be other issues at play
> here as well, though I haven't read far enough into the code to know.

If the objects are CatalogAware, renaming (internally a delete and 
create again operation) means reindexing all the objects. That is very, 
very expensive job for a Zope-Server.

Cheers, Maik