[Zope3-dev] Re: ObjectHub should change data structure

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 01:57 PM 6/27/03 -0500, Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> 
>> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>
>>> If Persistent supplied a slot for this (_p_container?), it'd be 
>>> doable without any intrusion beyond that already required to support 
>>> persistence.  But perhaps the ZODB list would need to speak to that 
>>> issue.
>>
>>
>> Sounds neat, but I have to ask the stupid question: What's persistence 
>> got to do with containing? IMO, nada.
> 
> 
> I could argue that it does have something to do with it, at least for 
> ZODB.  ZODB considers objects not reachable from the storage root to be 
> garbage, so at least that aspect of containment is relevant.

That's not containment, that's reference. And as we all know, an object 
can have several references to it, while the idea seems to evolve that 
multiple containment is YAGNI.

Phil