Is a "real" C-Python possible?

Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com
Fri Dec 14 04:02:25 EST 2007


sturlamolden a écrit :
> On 13 Des, 19:16, "Chris Mellon" <arka... at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
> Personally I find properties atrocious and unsafe.

What a strange observation from someone wanting to introduce defmacros 
and customizable syntax in Python....

> One cannot
> distinguish between a function call and binding an attribute in a
> statement like:

FWIW, "binding an attribute" will *alway* require some function call... 
Properties - or any other computed attributes - are just hooks into the 
default __setattr__ implementation so you can customize it.


> foo.bar = 2 # Does this call a function or bind an attribute?

 From the client code POV, it binds an attribute - whatever the 
implementation is.

 From the implementation POV, it will always call a couple functions.

What's you point, exactly ?

>             # Is this foo.setBar(2) or setattr(foo,'bar',2)?

Why do you care ? Ever heard about the concept of "encapsulation" ?

> Even worse: if we make a typo, the error will not be detected as the
> syntax is still valid.

So what ? This has nothing to do with properties.

> Properties and dynamic binding do not mix.

Sorry, but IMVHO, this is total bullshit.



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