Python vs C for a mail server

[Volker Grabsch]

Jens Theisen wrote:
> What do you do when you want to no if a certain method or function is  
> actually used from somewhere, say "foobar", it a language which allows  
> (and even encourages) that it could be called by:
>
> getattr(obj, "foo" + "bar")()

No. The recommended way to do it is:

	obj.foobar()

> There is no systematic way to find this call.
>
> In C++, just commend out the definition and the compiler will tell you.

In such a case I normally just grep for "foobar". I did so (and I'll do so)
in C/C++, Python, and any other language.


Any programming language allows you to do strange/stupid stuff. But none
of them encourages it. So I can't see your point in any way.



Greets,

	Volker

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Volker Grabsch
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