On Tue, Feb 13, 2007, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > I think the point of attrview() and x.[y] and getattr()/setattr() is > that these should be usable regardless of whether the object is > prepared for such use; they map directly to __getattr__ and > __setattr__. If I had to design an object specifically for such > dynamic access, sure, I'd implement __getitem__ and friends and the > need wouldn't exist. For that specific object. But the use case of > general objects is different.
My point is that I suspect that general objects are not used much with getattr/setattr. Does anyone have evidence counter to that? I think that evidence should be provided before this goes much further; perhaps all that's needed is education and documentation. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I disrespectfully agree." --SJM _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
