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2011/3/6 Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com>:
> Explicit is better than implicit. Typing is cheap. Design is the hardest
> part of development.
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> --
> Thadeus
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> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Vidul Petrov <vidul.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Stefaan.
>>
>> However the ':' before a variable name notation looks like the Ruby
>> symbols whose only purpose was improved performance (lightweight
>> strings) but lead inevitably to confusion (IMHO).
>>
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>> On Mar 4, 5:55 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > There are some new features in trunk:
>> >
>> > 1)
>> >
>> > I got tired of writing default='value',readable=False,writable=False
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > So:
>> >
>> > Field(':name') is the same as
>> > Field('name',readable=False,writable=False)
>> > Field('.name') is the same as
>> > Field('name',readable=True,writable=False)
>> > Field('name=value') is the same as Field('name',default='value')
>> >
>> > and combinations:
>> >
>> > Field(':name=value') is the same as
>> > Field('name',default='value',readable=True,writable=False)
>> >
>> > notice
>> >
>> > Field('name=') is the same as Field('name',default='')
>> >
>> > 2)
>> >
>> > db(db.table).select((db.table.field.length()+5).sum())
>> >
>> > note operators length(), +5, sum() can be combined in more ways than
>> > before.
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