>You could read up on __getattr__, __getattribute__, and
> >friends in the Language References section 3.3.2:
> Customizing attribute access
"and friends" include descriptors, so that the discussion
about properties here had actually led me into some better
understanding of this realm of Pytho
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
> I think teaching programming outside a context - as an abstract
> discipline - is unavoidably problematic in this regard.
I would have more sympathy if you would subscribe to the same philosophy
for "geometry" and "mathematics." As someone who has concentrated on
co
Scott David Daniels wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>>...
>>I think teaching programming outside a context - as an abstract
>>discipline - is unavoidably problematic in this regard.
>>
>>
>I would have more sympathy if you would subscribe to the same philosophy
>for "geometry" and "math
I pretty much agree with Arthur that CS needs grist for its mill, and
geometry and mathematics are good suppliers.
I would also turn that around and go with Scott's point that CS is not alone
in needing grist: geometry and mathematics benefit by having CS supply
context and applications.
For
Hi,
On Sep 8, 2005, at 7:42 PM, Kirby Urner wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about how, in Ruby, class definitions are never closed,
> meaning
> you can add methods to a script in various locations. You don't
> supersede
> the old class def when you reopen it for more stuff. There's also
> this idea
