Neil Girdhar writes: > I agree that circularity should in general be avoided, but it's not always > possible or elegant to do that. Sometimes you really need two classes to > refer to each other. In that case, why not expose your placeholder idea to > the user via a library?
Why not just expose it through a simple assignment? https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2016-September/042563.html Note that this also works for typechecking in PEP 484 checkers that allow forward reference via the stringified class name. See also https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2016-September/042544.html, which would allow eliding the assignment, but pollutes the class namespace. "Simple is better than complex." This feature is still looking for a persuasive use that needs it, and not something simpler. Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
