2013/5/3 Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org>: > On May 03, 2013, at 07:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >>The problem is that this is not an expression, it is a statement. The >>advantage of the convenience function is not just that it is shorter, but >>that it is an expression. > > Exactly right, but let's stop calling it the "convenience API" and instead > call it the "functional API". I probably started the perpetuation of this > problem; let's update the PEP. > > BTW, I made a suggestion elsewhere that the first argument could accept, but > not require dotted names in the first argument. If provided, rsplit the > string and use the prefix as __module__. If not given, fallback to the > _getframe() hack for those implementations where it's available.
What about adding simple syntax that allows get rid of those ugly hacks, something like: def name = expression which would be rough equivalent for: name = expression name.__name__ = 'name' name.__module__ = __name__ -- 闇に隠れた黒い力 弱い心を操る _______________________________________________ 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
