On Nov 16, 12:26 am, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris M wrote: > > On Nov 15, 8:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > > >> Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python > >> (last I can see ishttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0245/) > > >> I would argue that interfaces/(similar feature) are necessary in any > >> modern language because they provide a way of separating the > >> specification from the implementation of a module. > > >> I also had a new idea - when specifying the functionality of a module, > >> it would be nice to combine examples of valid behaviour / some sort of > >> testing. > > >> It might therefore be possible to combine unit testing with > >> interfaces. > > >> What do you all think? > > >> Peter > >> (new to python so be nice :) > > > Status: Rejected > > Thank you for pointing out the obvious. But *truly* helpful would be > insight into "While at some point I expect that Python will have > interfaces." Look for that sentence under the "rejected" part. > > James > > -- > James Stroud > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics > Box 951570 > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > > http://www.jamesstroud.com
Then answer his question yourself instead of wasting everyones bandwidth going on some moral crusade. There's something to be said about users with signatures longer than their messages... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
