> Grr, gratuitous accessor functions get my goat.  This is Python, not Java.
> We have properties in case an attribute setting needs validation.
> (Another reason to make all classes new-style...)  There's already
> quixote.get_user() if you reeeeally want to use a function.  I thought
> .set_user() was a method because of the significance it had for the
> application.

I don't know which is good: using accessor function or using property
I work a lot with Java but I preffer Python.

But quixote.get_user()    should move to    Session.get_user()
quixote.get_session()      should move to    RootDirectory.session
quixote.get_request()      should move to   RootDirectory.request

with RootDirectory derived from Directory

I am a beginner in using Quixote; I started apps with Quixote a few days
ago.
And I found unusual to import and call:
    from quixote import
get_request,get_session,get_session_manager,get_field,get_user,get_publisher
when all are in quixote.publish and imported by __init__ ...
but should belong to Directory.

All RootDirectory or other kind of Directory should be inherited from
Directory

Quixote is a small but powerful server.
I was digging a lot in Zope (3 or 4 years) until I had a nasty problem
and source code access was not enough - it was a core design problem.