[Zope] SimpleUserFolder

[David Hassalevris]

jamie at textmatters.com wrote:

>In the documentation for SimpleUserFolder, it says
>
>   def addUser(name, password, roles)
>
>    This adds a user. It should raise an exception
>    if the user already exists.
>
>
>What should it do if the user can't be added for any other reason? Any
>exception that I raise returns the error "user already exists" to the
>user, but the user doesn't already exist, I just don't want to allow him
>to be created. Surely I should be able to return different exceptions to
>give different reasons to the user as to why a new user cannot be created.
>
>Robert Munro
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Jamie,
Im a little confused by your question so forgive if Im off the mark.  
But shouldn't you determine whether or not you wish to add a user 
*before* you call addUser?
David