Defining VCL-like framework for Python

[David Ascher]

On Fri, 21 May 1999, Just van Rossum wrote:

> Thanks David, thats very helpful. It's sounds an awful lot like
> delegation, but smarter. How do the two concepts relate?

I suppose one can start by thinking of acquisition as automatized
delegation which is specialized to the containment hierarchy.  But it's
deeper than that.  For example, the specific value acquired will depend on
the containment *path*.

So, if A contains B, and C contains another reference to the same B, then
A.B.foo and C.B.foo may not give the same value, if 'foo' is acquired (it
will depend on what A.foo and C.foo are).

--david