[Edu-sig] Re: Pygeo, platforms, wx and Tk

[Scott David Daniels]

Arthur wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 15:56 -0800, Scott David Daniels wrote:
>>Arthur wrote:
>>>... to get my bi-directional communication, all I need to do is
>>>setattr(Display,"control_panel",self) in the __init__ of the Tk ControlPanel...
>>>My first ever use of setattr. Knew it was there for something ;)
>>
>>Hmmm.... Outside of playing with setattr, why not use:
>>     Display.control_panel = self
...
> On the other hand I am sometimes forced into some ingenuity in the use
> of what I *do* know, and feel I sometimes end up with something that
> avoids being more occult than necessary - whereas someone more
> comfortable at those levels may have immediately jumped there for a
> solution.

OK, I was doing two things, (1) suggesting another simpler (more
readable) form, and (2) honestly asking whether this was, in fact,
a reasonable substitution, or whether there was a consideration
that I hadn't understood.

I always wind up with crappy code on my way to programs I like.
Writing code, like writing English, is a process of inspiration
and rework.  I like the process in code, and hate the same process
for writing English.  Probably for two reasons.

First, I have been harassed while writing English so often that I
hear all such nonsense when I write.  This is really the effect of
bad teaching.  Second, I am a prolific reader, and I very much
appreciate good writing at the caliber of "the dozen best in a
century."  I read my writing and I notice a dramatic distance
between my best and their (published) worst.  Tough competition.


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-- Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org