Re: [Python-Dev] Fwd: defaultproperty

2005-10-11 Thread Greg Ewing
Nick Coghlan wrote: > As a location for this, I would actually suggest a module called something > like "metatools", -1, too vague and meaningless a name. If "decorator" is the official term for this kind of function, then calling the module "decorators" is precise and helpful. Other kinds of me

Re: [Python-Dev] Fwd: defaultproperty

2005-10-11 Thread Nick Coghlan
Brett Cannon wrote: > On 10/10/05, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 01:47, Calvin Spealman wrote: >> >> >>>Never created for a reason? lumping things together for having the >>>similar usage semantics, but unrelated purposes, might be something to >>>avoid and mayb

Re: [Python-Dev] Fwd: defaultproperty

2005-10-10 Thread Brett Cannon
On 10/10/05, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 01:47, Calvin Spealman wrote: > > > Never created for a reason? lumping things together for having the > > similar usage semantics, but unrelated purposes, might be something to > > avoid and maybe that's why it hasn't hap

Re: [Python-Dev] Fwd: defaultproperty

2005-10-10 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 01:47, Calvin Spealman wrote: > Never created for a reason? lumping things together for having the > similar usage semantics, but unrelated purposes, might be something to > avoid and maybe that's why it hasn't happened yet for decorators. If > ever there was a makethreadsafe

[Python-Dev] Fwd: defaultproperty

2005-10-09 Thread Calvin Spealman
Sorry, Nick. GMail, for some reason, doesn't follow the reply-to properly for python-dev. Forwarding to list now... On 10/9/05, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Fulton wrote: > > Based on the discussion, I think I'd go with defaultproperty. > > > > Questions: > > > > - Should this be