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diff --git a/docs/narr/traversal.rst b/docs/narr/traversal.rst index a99df7ec8..bcad6dd07 100644 --- a/docs/narr/traversal.rst +++ b/docs/narr/traversal.rst @@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ Using the ``root_factory`` argument to a :class:`repoze.bfg.configuration.Configurator` constructor tells your :mod:`repoze.bfg` application to call this root factory to generate a root object whenever a request enters the application. This root -factory is also known as the global root factory. +factory is also known as the global root factory. A root factory can +alternately be passed to the ``Configurator`` as a :term:`dotted +Python name` which refers to a root factory object defined in a +different module. A root factory is passed a :term:`request` object and it is expected to return an object which represents the root of the object graph. |