Re: [Zope] acquisition or inheritance?

[hans <hans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Kerr wrote:

> why does the zope literature use the term acquisition and not inheritance?

inheritance looks up names only *inside* the object.
in zope, objects also are placed in space, have neigbours etc.
aquisition looks up names also in the *neighbourhood* :-)
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