[Twisted-Python] FW: [Python-Dev] ExtensionClass plans (was Re: [ZODB-Dev] Another ExtensionClass incompatibility: __pow__())

[Jason L. Asbahr]

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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