[Python-ideas] Access to function objects

[Eric Snow]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's actually quite an interesting idea, although I'm wondering if
> it could make some of our extant reference cycle issues associated
> with stack traces even worse. The fact that the patch is so simple is
> certainly rather appealing (although you have a few backwards
> compatibility issues to address, as I noted in my review).

Thanks for taking a look, Nick.  I'm addressing the backward
incompatible stuff in a new patch a little later, and have updated the
issue regarding the reference cycles.

>
> Also, I wouldn't be quite so quick to discard the function information
> in the class evaluation case. While the function involved there is a
> temporary one, it's still a real function.

Yeah, I had considered that.  However, isn't that just a CPython
implementation detail?  Does that matter?  I don't have a problem with
setting f_func for classes (and whatever else).  Just wanted to
clarify first.  Thanks.

-eric

>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
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