Items inheriting attributes from its container?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Kreso a écrit :
> I would like to create a list-like container class so that, additionally
> to usual list methods, I could attach attributes to the container instances.
> However, I would like it so that the items contained in the particular
> instance of container somehow 'inherit' those attributes i.e.
> 
> cont = Container()
> cont.color = 'blue'
> cont.append(item)
> print item.color
> 'blue'
> 

This is named "environmental aquisition" (or simply "aquisition") and is 
one of the base mechanisms in Zope 2. While an interesting idea, from 
experience, it can rapidly turn into a total maintainance nightmare if 
not used with care :-/