This definitely gets my vote as well (for what it's worth). R.
On 8/29/06, Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 for more 'return self' at the end of methods which currently don't > return anything (well, we get the default None), as long as it's > sensible. I really like this 'message chaining' style of programming, > and it annoys me that much of the python stdlib gratuitously prevents > it by NOT returning self in places where it would be a perfectly > sensible thing to do. > > I find it much cleaner to write > > x = foo.bar().baz(param).frob() > > than > > foo.bar() > foo.baz(param) > x = foo.frob() > > but perhaps others disagree. > > Cheers, > > f -- Rudolph van der Merwe Karoo Array Telescope / Square Kilometer Array - http://www.ska.ac.za ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
