[Twisted-Python] Components

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 26, 2004, at 3:17 PM, James Y Knight wrote:

> On Feb 26, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>> How about just migrating off of t.p.components and switching to 
>> PyProtocols?  The license is compatible, it has PEP-backing, it is a 
>> superset of what t.p.components does, has optional Pyrex 
>> acceleration, and is compatible with Interfaces from itself, 
>> t.p.components, and zope.components.  The default Interface 
>> implementation does not support the __call__ adaptation that we all 
>> know and love, but it is actually generic enough to allow it.
>>
>> As a side note, PEAK's peak.util.imports.whenImported hooks, 
>> importString, and lazyModule might also be pretty useful to Twisted 
>> (among so many other things).
>
> And, while PyProtocols doesn't seem to support any sort of lazy 
> adapter registration, it would probably be doable via a framework 
> built on top of whenImported.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Yes, it's easy.

-bob