> From: Kirby Urner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Now, if g(x) really *did* go on for 30-40 lines, OK, then maybe a > decorator > adds to readability. > > Something to think about.
From http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2005/03/09/one_world_two_maps_thoughts_ on_the_wikipedia_debate.php """ When thinking about technological change, there are two kinds of people, or rather, people with two kinds of maps of the world - radial, and Cartesian. """ My map is radial: """ Radial people want to know, of any change, how big a change is it from current practice, in what direction, and at what cost. """ I think the introduction of decorators appeal more to the Cartesians: """ Cartesian people want to know, for any change, where you end up, and what the characteristics of the new landscape are. They are less interested in the cost of getting there. """ Guido's recent weblog presents a multimethod decorator. I am fully capable to using it, and fully incapable of understanding exactly how it works. My fear is the evolution of libraries of little black boxes which will indeed change the landscape of Python dramatically - for better and for worse. What I can't and don't understand - as a 'radial" - was why those who purport to most appreciate Python as it is would sign in mass unto an endeavor which could foreseeable alter what it is and how it is used in dramatic ways, and do so irretrievably. Ah well.. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig