pre-PEP: The create statement

[bruno at modulix]

Steven Bethard wrote:
> The PEP below should be mostly self explanatory. I'll try to keep the
> most updated versions available at:
> 
>     http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~bethard/py/pep_create_statement.txt
>     http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~bethard/py/pep_create_statement.html
> 
> 
> 
> PEP: XXX
> Title: The create statement
> Version: $Revision: 1.4 $
> Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/09/22 04:51:50 $
> Author: Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com>
> Status: Draft
> Type: Standards Track
> Content-Type: text/x-rst
> Created: 05-Apr-2006
> Python-Version: 2.6
> Post-History: 05-Apr-2006
> 
> 
> Abstract
> ========
> 
> This PEP proposes a generalization of the class-declaration syntax,
> the ``create`` statement. The proposed syntax and semantics parallel
> the syntax for class definition, and so::
> 
>    create <callable> <name> <tuple>:
>        <block>
> 
> is translated into the assignment::
> 
>    <name> = <callable>("<name>", <tuple>, <namespace>)
> 
> where ``<namespace>`` is the dict created by executing ``<block>``.
> The PEP is based on a suggestion [1]_ from Michele Simionato on the
> python-dev list.
> 

Seems mostly clean. +1.

(and I do prefer it with the 'create' statement - more explicit and
readable than Michele's original proposition IMHO).

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bruno desthuilliers
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