[Python-Dev] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib/xml/dom minidom.py,1.13,1.14
Andrew Kuchling
akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:22:33 -0500
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 05:16:52PM -0500, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
>and I'm not sure I want to add that. One of the problems people had
>with PyDOM was the general weight of the code, and adding all the
>checks contributes to that (though I suspect the proxies in PyDOM were
>a far more serious contributor).
Indeed; I think the proxies really obfuscated the code. Some simple
parameter checking, though, shouldn't add too much of a burden, and
will protect users from common mistakes that will result in invalid
trees.
--amk