RE: [FormProc-developer] Object Population and Validation (was: Validation by type)

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

> >>
> >> Also, Anthony, the object population portion has taken root in your
> >> design. Is that a good thing? Maybe it is, but it makes me think.
> >
> > I wouldn't say that it has taken root, rather it is the most common way
> > that people think about forms (AFAICT).  Even if FormProc was not
> > designed to populate objects I would still maintain the one-to-one
> > relationship between form widgets and FormElements in FormProc.
>
> I was being too obtuse by the phrase "taken root", my fault.
> Specifically,
> and not to belabor the point, I was implying "the subsystem of object
> population is influencing the (potentially unrelated) data validation
> subsystem". And there's nothing wrong with that, it's just something to
> consider. :-)

Duly noted.  If it ever becomes a problem (for you or other FormProc users)
then we can re-address it then.

-Anthony