[Zope3-Users] Re: zope.intid and UUIDs

[Martin Aspeli]

Derek Richardson wrote:
> Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
>> Martin and Gary pointed out other good reasons why not to go with 
>> subclassing: the standard intid utility doesn't work in all 
>> environments. Apparently in Zope 2 you'll need a slightly differnet 
>> implementation. If you just defer to it via utility lookup, your UUID 
>> utility might actually work on both platforms, as long as there's an 
>> intid utility. It makes things more flexible.
> 
> Hmmm. I've looked in Zope 2.10.3 final (the earliest release I may 
> target) and zope.app.intid is the same between Zope 2.10.3 and Zope 
> 3.3.1, except for the presence in 2.10.3 of 
> zope.app.intid-configure.zcml, which is just a slug. Am I looking in the 
> wrong place?

Yes, it's there, but that doesn't mean it *works* in Zope 2. You should 
look at five.intid, which is an attempt to make it work in Zope 2.

Martin