[Dev] Item Collection Spec 0.1

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 01:54 PM 6/2/2005 -0700, Ted Leung wrote:
>On Jun 2, 2005, at 1:38 PM, John Anderson wrote:
>
>>Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>>
>>>I'm wondering about the "post(sourceItem, targetItem, methodName,
>>>Event)" API; wouldn't it be simpler just to pass a callable, i.e.
>>>"post(sourceItem, targetItem.someMethod, event)"?
>>
>>If I'm not mistaken, this information needs to persist and I don't
>>think the repository has a datatype that persists a callable.
>
>Yes, persistence is the reason.

Okay, I missed that bit, probably because it's not really tied in to the 
rest of the spec.  Why is it persistent?  How does that relate to the use 
cases there?  I didn't get that part at all.  In what view(s) is the event 
invoked?