[Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue Feb 13 00:19:50 CET 2007


Ben North wrote:

> Generally gently positive, with the exception of Anthony Baxter's
> "-1", which I understand to be motivated by concerns about newcomers to
> the syntax

The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning
towards -1 as well. Adding syntax is a very big
step, and it needs a very solid reason to jusify
it. I don't see this filling a use case that's
anywhere near common enough to reach that
threshold.

--
Greg


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