proxy and attribute overrides

[Alan DeKok]

Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> Right, I'll wait for the next release. I just hope that the deprecated
> feature won't go away at the same release the much easier feature gets
> in. That would be painful.

  The deprecated feature *will* be going away.  It's not necessary, and
it's wrong.

  There is *no* need for it in 2.0.  Everything that "feature" does can
be done better, and easier with the new methods.

  Alan DeKok.