FEEDBACK WANTED: Type/class unification

[Tom]

One vote in favour.

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
news:cp66cd12yp.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com...
> When I released Python 2.2a1, the type/class unification feature was
> announced as TENTATIVE.  It's been a while now (feels like a year,
> although I realize it's only been 10 days :), and I would like to see
> some feedback on this.
>
> If there's anyone who believes the type/class unification should not
> become a feature in Python 2.2, please speak up now or forever hold
> your peace...  (But I'd rather you speak up!)
>
> Note that if you have concerns about backwards incompatibilities, the
> best thing you can do is point them out ASAP.  I want to ensure that
> 2.2 (final) is as compatible with 2.1 as possible, while still
> providing the new exciting features that type/class unification makes
> possible.
>
> I realize the PEPs aren't done yet, but I believe that the separate
> introduction I wrote goes a long way towards explaining type/class
> unification.  Read it here:
>
>   http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html
>
> Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.  Just DON'T CHANGE THE THREAD
> TOPIC.  I don't have time to read the entire newsgroup (I tried this
> week, and I didn't get to anything else :).
>
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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