[z3-checkins] Re: r10172 - z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

regebro at codespeak.net wrote:
> Modified: z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros/CHANGES.txt
> ==============================================================================
> --- z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros/CHANGES.txt	(original)
> +++ z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros/CHANGES.txt	Wed Mar 30 15:03:22 2005
> @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
>  Five Changes
>  ============
> +* We now monkeypatch Zope3! The Five StandardMacros is put into place
> +  of the Zope3 standard macros. This is to enable access to
> +  context/@@form_macros which are otehrwise unavailable.
> +

[snip]

> Modified: z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros/monkey.py
> ==============================================================================
> --- z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros/monkey.py	(original)
> +++ z3/Five/branch/regebro-standard_macros/monkey.py	Wed Mar 30 15:03:22 2005
> @@ -28,3 +28,9 @@
>  
>      HTTPRequest.getPresentationSkin = getPresentationSkin
>      HTTPRequest.setPresentationSkin = setPresentationSkin
> +
> +    # Yes, we monkeypatch Zope3 as well. Nothing escapes our monkeys!
> +    from zope.app.basicskin import standardmacros
> +    from browser import StandardMacros
> +    standardmacros.StandardMacros = StandardMacros
> +    

In your checkin and code comments, you have described what you're doing, 
but I still have no clue WHY you're doing this and why you think it's 
necessary to use a monkey... Maybe you can enlighten me...

Thanks,

Philipp