[Twisted-Python] FW: [Python-Dev] ExtensionClass plans (was Re: [ZODB-Dev] Another ExtensionClass incompatibility: __pow__())
Jason L. Asbahr
jason at crash.org
Mon Dec 10 16:25:28 MST 2001
This might be of interest...
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: python-dev-admin at python.org [mailto:python-dev-admin at python.org]On
Behalf Of Jim Fulton
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 11:23 AM
To: Greg Ward
Cc: zodb-dev at zope.org; Python-dev at python.org
Subject: [Python-Dev] ExtensionClass plans (was Re: [ZODB-Dev] Another
ExtensionClass incompatibility: __pow__())
Greg Ward wrote:
>
> Sigh. In addition to ignoring __r{add,sub,mul,div}__() methods,
> ExtensionClass also calls __pow__() differently.
(snip)
> So what is the future of ExtensionClass, anyways?
I intend that Python 2.2 (or maybe 2.3) will make it irrelevent.
> Are the little
> incompatibility bugs between classic Python classes and ExtensionClass
> ever going to be fixed?
Probably not by us. Patches are gratefully accepted.
We are going to keep supporting it for a while at it's
current level to support projects other than ZODB
that require it.
> Or has ExtensionClass been abandoned in favour
> of a future ZODB based on new-style Python 2.2 classes?
This is my plan. :)
> If so, when
> will this future ZODB become reality?
I'm glad you asked. As part of our Zope 3 prototyping, we've
begun moving toward a next generation of ZODB. We currently
have an experimental ZODB that:
- Doesn't require ExtensionClass
- Does depend on new-style Python classes
- Separates the Persistence and Transaction frameworks
- Uses weak references in the cache
- Uses a pure-python Persistent implementation (hence no BTrees).
We will be creaing a C Persistent base class.
All the fun is currently happening on the Zope-3x-branch branch
of the Zope3 checkout. You can see the relevent ZODB pieces at:
http://cvs.zope.org/Zope3/lib/python/Persistence/?only_with_tag=Zope-3x-bran
ch
http://cvs.zope.org/Zope3/lib/python/Transaction/?only_with_tag=Zope-3x-bran
ch
http://cvs.zope.org/Zope3/lib/python/ZODB/?only_with_tag=Zope-3x-branch
Of course all of this is highly speculative at this point.
Stay tuned. ;)
Jim
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