----- Original Message ----- From: Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> If I wait until I have actual users, I can get > real statistics on how the use the API. We decouple our work this > way. But in my look of it, properties are a "solution" to one of a nearly infinite set of these kinds of possibilites. And in that sense a half-measure. Certainly many areas will remain where our API and our design are irretrievably coupled. All I can try to do is offer the perspective of of a mid-brow developer, who tries. Again, in the case of the development of PyGeo - and willing to refactor until the cows come home - the solutions to problems seemed to be mostly a process of discovery. When I found a better way to do something than I had before, I knew it was better and I knew why it was better. And Python as a languagfe and as as disclipline seemed more than cooperative as a partner, and guide in the process. "Properties" being a rare distraction. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig