maxm  <maxm@[...].dk>  wrote:
>  I have a few tutorials / How_to's on zope.org. And sometimes I get some 
>  interresting mails because of that.
>  
>  Somebody asked me today why _setObject() has that name, as it is used in 
>  many products, and thus ought to be an interface method. And called 
>  something like "setObject()" or "manage_setObject()" And also he didn't 
>  understand why it wasn't documented anywhere.
>  
>  So why is that? does anybody know?

The weight of history I guess. I agree that there should be a
setObject() method, it's a fundamental API of ObjectManagers.

Same thing for _getOb(), even if __getitem__ often is enough (it has
some WebDAV magic though).

Florent
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