[EVALUATION] - E01: The Java Failure - May Python Helps?

[Ilias Lazaridis]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> "Ilias Lazaridis" <ilias at lazaridis.com> wrote in message
> 
>>>Then 'print html_doc_instance' can print the html doc corresponding to 
>>>the object model.
>>
>>I understand this procedure.
>>
>>I would like to use a standard way, which uses the standard metadata 
>>[implicit/explicit defined].
>>
>>Does such standard exist?
> 
> I am not sure of what *you* mean by 'standard way'.  

a formal standard (like e.g. ODMG for OODBMS).

a quasi standard (e.g. an widely accepted definition/inpementation etc.)

> That is probably 
> because Python and the community is not big on 'standard ways' other than 
> what is specified in the two reference manuals.  

I would say this is a "standard".

Can one please point me to a downloadable version of the 2 reference 
manuals (did not found them)?

> And even then, Python is 
> intentionally flexible in various ways (though not all).  

Flexibility is of course always very positive.

> So the answer to your question is probably 'no'.
> 
> Terry J. Reedy

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