Added a new convenience function, ZEO.DB, for creating databases

using ZEO Client Storages.  Just call ZEO.DB with the same arguments
you would otherwise pass to ZEO.ClientStorage.ClientStorage::

import ZEO
  db = ZEO.DB(('some_host', 8200))

src/CHANGES.txt

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ New Features
 New Features
 ------------
 
+- There's a new convenience function, ZEO.DB, for creating databases
+  using ZEO Client Storages.  Just call ZEO.DB with the same arguments
+  you would otherwise pass to ZEO.ClientStorage.ClientStorage::
+
+    import ZEO
+    db = ZEO.DB(('some_host', 8200)) 
+
 - Object saves are a little faster
 
 3.9.0a4 (2008-11-06)

src/ZEO/__init__.py

@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ ZEO is now part of ZODB; ZODB's home on the web is
     http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB
 
 """
+
+def DB(*args, **kw):
+    import ZEO.ClientStorage, ZODB
+    return ZODB.DB(ZEO.ClientStorage.ClientStorage(*args, **kw))
+
+    

src/ZEO/tests/zeo-fan-out.test

@@ -34,23 +34,16 @@ Then we'll start 2 others that use this one:
 
 Now, let's create some client storages that connect to these:
 
-    >>> import ZEO.ClientStorage
-    >>> cs1 = ZEO.ClientStorage.ClientStorage(('localhost', port1), '1')
-    >>> cs2 = ZEO.ClientStorage.ClientStorage(('localhost', port2), '1')
+    >>> import ZEO, transaction
 
-And some databases and connections around these:
-
-    >>> from ZODB.DB import DB
-    >>> import transaction
-
-    >>> db1 = DB(cs1)
+    >>> db1 = ZEO.DB(('localhost', port1), '1')
     >>> tm1 = transaction.TransactionManager()
     >>> c1 = db1.open(transaction_manager=tm1)
     >>> r1 = c1.root()
     >>> r1
     {}
 
-    >>> db2 = DB(cs2)
+    >>> db2 = ZEO.DB(('localhost', port2), '1')
     >>> tm2 = transaction.TransactionManager()
     >>> c2 = db2.open(transaction_manager=tm2)
     >>> r2 = c2.root()