On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you aren't aware of it you should take a look at Enthought's traits > package. It's part of the Enthought Tool Suite (ETS).
I know of the existence of that framework, however it is quite large and I don't see the relation with the concept of traits I have in mind, which is more or less the one described here: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/%7Escg/Archive/Papers/Scha03aTraits.pdf Basically, these are the properties of traits: 1. the methods/attributes in a trait go logically together; 2. if a trait enhances a class, then all subclasses are enhanced too; 3. if a trait has methods in common with the class, then the methods defined in the class have the precedence; 4. the ordering of traits is not important, i.e. enhancing a class first with trait T1 and then with trait T2 or viceversa is the same; 5. if traits T1 and T2 have names in common, enhancing a class both with T1 and T2 raises an error unless there is an explicitoverriding; 6. if a trait has methods in common with the base class, then the trait methods have the precedence; Properties from 4 to 6 are the distinguishing properties of traits with respect to multiple inheritance and mixins. _______________________________________________ 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
