Can you all just stop discussing this? In the last 4 contributions nothing has been added that hasn't been said yet. It's not going to change. Get used to it.There are more important issues.
On 9/9/05, Russell E. Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (holger krekel) wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 11:31 -0700, Russell E. Owen wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > Tristan Seligmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Why does it matter if the single statement you insert is spelled > > > > " metaclass = type" instead of "from future import whatever"? > > > > Remember, unlike the division example, you would only have to insert one > > > > statement, as opposed to changing every use of integer division. > > > > > > It matters because "metaclass = type" is completely obscure. How would > > > any non-expert have a clue what it means? > > > > How would this non-expert have a clue what > > "from __future__ import new_style_classes" means? > > Because it's plain english. > > Also because it's easy to look up. For example: > > google for: > - python "from __future__ import"; the third link is useful, though a > bit technical; presumably it's is in the manual somewhere as well > - python "new style classes" python; the first link is useful > > If and when the __future__ directive under discussion is added, I would > try googling for the whole line and probably hit it on the first go. > > Now try that with "metaclass = type". Good luck. I tried all sorts of > variants and came up with nothing except a tutorial on metaclasses, > which was interesting, but NOT a ready explanation of what "metaclass = > type" does. > > -- Russell > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
