[Zope3-checkins] SVN: Zope3/branches/philikon-simplify-skinning/src/zope/app/zopetop/ftests.py get rid of weird dotted names of skins in urls.

Philipp von Weitershausen philipp at weitershausen.de
Tue Feb 21 11:01:22 EST 2006


Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 February 2006 10:55, Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> 
>>>Actually, this was not weird at all. One of the API requirements is that
>>>you can specify an interface Python path as the skin.
>>
>>A dotted name in ZCML: yes (the dotted name usually being the import
>>name). In ++skin++? I don't think so :)
> 
> 
> Well, you might not think so, but it was real requirement documented by a 
> proposal. And it was implemented in the API and promised this way. I am not 
> necessarily saying that we need BBB for it though.

Which "API"? Got a link to the proposal?

The name a skin interface is registered with is usually meant to be seen
by the end user. They're descriptive names. Dotted names in an end user
interface would seem awkward.

Philipp


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