[Zope3-dev] Reducing the Amount of ZCML Directives ready for review

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> I am -1 on moving <implements> out of the class directive. I am impartial on 
> the factory subdirective, since I never use it. I think factories are failed 
> experiment, btw, but that's another story. 
> 
> If <implements> is moved out than what's the point of having a class directive 
> in the first place.

Making security assertions about the class. This would be the only thing
that <class> would be used for, ultimately reducing its functionality to
one thing.

> Heck, what's the point of any complex (i.e. nesting) 
> directive? (This is a hypothetical question.)

You're right. I'm not a big fan of overly complex directives and nesting
directives myself. Though they do save some typing...

Philipp