Re: [Python-3000] Fwd: Conventions for annotation consumers

2006-08-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
Phillip J. Eby wrote: > I'm frankly baffled by the amount of "protect users from incompatibility" > ranting that this issue has generated. If I wanted to use Java, I'd know > where to find it. Guido has said time and again that Python's balance > favors the individual developer at the expense

Re: [Python-3000] Bound and unbound methods

2006-08-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
Guido van Rossum wrote: >> Would a possible special method name __methodcall__ be accepted, where >> if it exists on a callable, you can expect to use it as __call__ but >> with the understanding that it accepts as self when called in >> an optimizable form? This would reduce the method call to tw

[Python-3000] Fwd: Conventions for annotation consumers

2006-08-18 Thread bmx007
Hi, I haven't read all the thread because it's pretty long, but if I have well understood Paul and what is my opinion (and why I use docstring in my own typecheker module) is that it's a good idea to not mix function definition and its type. I think the difference between langages is not what they