Le Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:32:32 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > >> or the 'attribute' substitution everywhere makes sense? > > > > No. > > > > My strong history-based opinions ;-). > > +1 to what Terry said. > > "Members" is a historical relic that is best replaced by "attributes" > or "data attributes" if we want to explicitly exclude methods for some > reason. "Methods" is a subset of attributes that explicitly excludes > data attributes. While I know it is technically right, I find it a bit strange to refer to methods as "attributes". We're describing an API, not the inner working of the object model. Also, people just discovering Python will probably be a bit surprised if we start refer to methods as "attributes". FWIW, I tend to understand "members" as "methods + attributes", which makes it a nice term to use for that purpose. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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