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

[Christian Tismer]

uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com wrote:
...

> Like everyone else, though, I'm coming around to Paul's view that Python needs
> efficiently-implemented attributes-with-behavior.

Well, did anybody deal with Jim Fulton's ExtensionClass already?
I just did it for a larger project, and it is quite impressive.

What I get is:
- types which behave like classes
- attribute access at raw C speed
- computed attributes without the usual get/setattr hassles.

This means that for true attributes, access speed is by no means
lowered. Attributes are first looked up in the implemented C
get/setattr.
Then, a class-like attribute lookup is done, and you get class
behavior.

> Petitions to Guido, anyone?  In the unlikely event that I have some free time
> in the near future, I might look into a demo patch.

Please have a look into ExtensionClass if that might be what you
need. I admit that this stuff is not easy to understand, but
I have been working through that for the last four weeks while
implementing Python C++ wrappers in a commercial project, so feel
free to ask me how it works.

ciao - chris

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