Re: [Python-3000] An introduction to ABC's

2007-04-25 Thread Aaron Bingham
work without the immediate feedback it provides. Regards, -- Aaron Bingham Senior Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. +49 (0)351 4173-146 Fax +49 (0)351 4173-109 Cenix BioScience GmbH Tatzberg 47 01307 Dresden, Germany www.cenix-bioscience.com

Re: [Python-3000] iostack and Oh Oh

2006-12-08 Thread Aaron Bingham
extent that the semantics aren't clear from the > methods it is sufficient, and preferable, to attach the semantic > information to the methods rather their associated class. > Of course we can attach the pre- and post-conditions of a method to the method itself, but there is sema

Re: [Python-3000] Builtin iterator type

2006-11-22 Thread Aaron Bingham
Nick Coghlan wrote: > Aaron Bingham wrote: > >> Bill Janssen wrote: >> >>>> Java interfaces are very useful, however. Java programming seems to >>>> be less and less about inheritance and more and more about >>>> implementing interfaces

Re: [Python-3000] Detecting conflicts in dict displays

2006-07-14 Thread Aaron Bingham
(textually rightmost in the display) stored for a given key value pre- >vails. > >( http://pyref.infogami.com/dictionary-displays ) > > Thanks for the clarification. That is reassuring. Of course, this may not do what was intended under certain circumstances, but at least

Re: [Python-3000] Detecting conflicts in dict displays

2006-07-13 Thread Aaron Bingham
;> to check :) > > +1 for leaving this to PyLint or PyChecker. Wouldn't the behavior of the above be undefined for the case where a == b? I'd much rather get an exception than undefined behavior. Cheers, -- Aaron Bingham Senior Software Engineer Cenix BioScience GmbH ---

Re: [Python-3000] packages in the stdlib

2006-06-02 Thread Aaron Bingham
Terry Reedy wrote: >"Aaron Bingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>I'm confused. As far as I can see, a reserved prefix (the "py" or >>"stdlib" package others have mentioned) is the only reli

Re: [Python-3000] packages in the stdlib

2006-06-01 Thread Aaron Bingham
with a growing standard library. I suspect we wll be going round and round in circles here as long as a reserved prefix is ruled out. IMO, multiple reserved prefixes ("net", "gui", etc.) is much worse than one. Could someone please explain for my sake why a single reserve