I am leaning towards
r=False,w=False,d='default' as alises for readable, writable and
default.
On Mar 7, 7:36 am, kenji4569 <hos...@s-cubism.jp> wrote:
> Other alternatives might be:
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> Field('name', **Field.readonly)?
> Field('name').readonly()?
>
> though I appreciate explicit is better than implicit.
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> On 3月6日, 午前9:49, Michele Comitini <michele.comit...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > +1
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> > 2011/3/6 Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com>:
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> > > 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:
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> > >> I agree with Stefaan.
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> > >> 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:
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> > >> > 1)
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> > >> > I got tired of writing default='value',readable=False,writable=False
> > >> > etc.
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> > >> > So:
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> > >> > 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')
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> > >> > and combinations:
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> > >> > Field(':name=value') is the same as
> > >> > Field('name',default='value',readable=True,writable=False)
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> > >> > notice
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> > >> > Field('name=') is the same as Field('name',default='')
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> > >> > 2)
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> > >> > db(db.table).select((db.table.field.length()+5).sum())
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> > >> > note operators length(), +5, sum() can be combined in more ways than
> > >> > before.
