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Accessing a zope object stripped of the acquisition layer
To get an object completely stripped of its acquisition layers, the following snippet can be employed
import Acquisition
obj_no_aq = Acquisition.aq_base(obj)
No acquisition means no methods or properties inherited from the container or the container chain.
Although a bit old, the Zope Developer Guide, with its chapter on Acquisition do a fine job at explaining the intricacies of acquisition in Zope 2.