[Zope3-Users] Set & List constraints

[Tim Cook]

On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 16:59 +0200, Markus Kemmerling wrote:

> I would rather say:
> 
> value=List(
>    title=u"Value",
>    value_type=Object(schema=IMyClass)
> )

Can you elaborate why?


> 
> Anyhow, such a constraint is of limited use only, since it does not  
> prevent you from adding any object you like to the list *after* it  
> got assigned to the 'value' attribute.

Okay, but that would be badly behaved code; correct?

In my implementation I am creating instances and committing them to a
ZODB repository.   My thoughts were that copies of those instances would
continue to constrain the types allowed in that attribute.  Is that
incorrect?

Cheers,
Tim




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