[XML-SIG] foo.bar vs. foo.get_bar()

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com writes:
 > Yes, but a large part of the DOM REC can't be followed using pure attributes 
 > without __[g/s]etattr__.  I know that one can choose to implement subsets and 
 > approximations to the W3C DOM that don't run into such problems, but that 
 > doesn't suit everyone's needs.  Some of us are looking for full DOM 
 > compliance, and that's why we're dealing with these issues.

  The W3C recommendation gives IDL, and there is a Python IDL
binding.  The <obj>._get_<attr>() and <obj>._set_<attr>(<newvalue>)
syntax I described is the result, and is (however ugly) conformant
with the W3C DOM recommendation.
  I think I understand why the binding is the way it is, but I don't
know if IDL attributes are intended to support updatable values.  This 
would require digging around the CORBA spec a bit.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake@acm.org>
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