[Zope3-dev] packaging conventions note

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:35:11 -0500


>>>>> "PJE" == Phillip J Eby <pje@telecommunity.com> writes:

    PJE> Here's a question: are you concerned about finding the class
    PJE> to *edit*, or to *use*?

To edit.  If I want to learn how to use a class, I would really hope
there'd be more classic documentation to assist me.  I know that's not
always the case though.
    
    PJE> If it's to *edit*, then just use the convention that the
    PJE> "api" or "public" module imports items from the other modules
    PJE> by name, e.g.:

That helps, for sure.  But it is an extra lookup to go tracing where
something's actually coming from.  Maybe it's worth it though.

-Barry