[Pythonmac-SIG] Applescript

[Michael J. Barber]

On Thursday, Jan 8, 2004, at 03:10 Europe/Lisbon, has wrote:

>>>> BTW, one other thing: it'll save you a LOT of mental anguish if you 
>>>> realise from the start that application objects are referred to 
>>>> using basic relational queries [4]. Most folk don't realise this, 
>>>> especially since AppleScript uses syntax that looks much like 
>>>> standard OO [5].
>>>>
>
That is an extremely interesting comment. I've certainly never 
considered that point of view before, but it seems to address some of 
the murkier aspects of AppleScript's "object oriented" behavior. I'm 
not at all sure I that I understand the consequences of this fact, 
though. Specifically, what does this say about how Python should look 
as a substitute for AppleScript? Is the gensuitemodule-style approach 
of making an OO package that mimics the application dictionary just 
fundamentally misguided? That seems like a fair conclusion to draw from 
some of your comments on the MACSCRPT list that you pointed us towards 
earlier, if I understood things correctly.

At any rate, thanks a lot for this message! I've found it really 
thought provoking and informative.