[Web-SIG] OT: dotted names (Was: Re: A Python Web Application Package and Format)

[Jim Fulton]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> wrote:
> As an aside, I wonder why people use dot+colon notation instead of just
> dots to reference callables.  In distutils2 for example we resolve
> dotted names to find command classes, command hooks and compilers.  So
> what’s the benefit, marginally easier parsing?

An opportunity of using a colon is that it allows::

   dotted.module.name:expression

where expression may be more than just a name::


  foo.bar:Bar()

Jim


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