Re: [IronPython] [Python.NET] Naming and resolution of generic types (complete!)

2006-06-04 Thread Brian Lloyd
make some __ __ > method to do this, allow indexing by None, or something else > - neither of those sounds particularly wonderful. > > > Do you want to help develop Dynamic languages on CLR? > (http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobI > D=6D4754D

[IronPython] Naming and resolution of generic types (complete!)

2006-05-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
Hi all - I'm cross-posting this to the IP list as the subject seems to be an open issue there too. I'm working on generics support for Python for .NET, and there a couple of thorny issues that could use some discussion regarding naming and resolution of generic types. In C# you can explicitly na

[IronPython] Naming and resolution of generic types

2006-05-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
Hi all - I'm cross-posting this to the IP list as the subject seems to be an open issue there too. I'm working on generics support for Python for .NET, and there a couple of thorny issues that could use some discussion regarding naming and resolution of generic types. In C# you can explicitly nam

Re: [IronPython] Naming and resolution of generic types (complete!)

2006-05-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
onic solution. Brian's question makes me wonder if Python can be > all things to all programmers, and my thinking is: no, it can't. Trying to > make it so will just pollute the language. > > --Thane > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [IronPython] .NET Events in IronPython

2005-11-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
t better (and I like it better as a sustainable pattern to bridge these kinds of gaps) than anything else I can think of... Brian Lloyd[EMAIL PROTECTED] V.P. Engineering 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com ___

Re: [IronPython] importing os module

2005-11-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
Right - the fact that CPython encourages/forces you to work with structs, pointers, etc. directly is the real problem. If there were a truly 'abstract' interface for C extensions it would be much easier to contemplate a CLR (or other VM) abstraction layer. I bet the PyPy folks wish t