scripting language newbie - compatibility

[Moshe Zadka]

On 8 Aug 2000, Cameron Laird wrote:

> An example is currently under discussion in comp.lang.tcl.
>   $file close
> resists significant byte compilation, because $file might
> be *anything*--this command could, with little strain, have
> the effect of printing the word, "close", to the screen.

Huh?

What would the difference be between that and 


	file.close()

(
class _file:

	def __getattr__(self, name):
		def _(name=name):
			print name
		return _

file=_file()
)

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