At 01:49 AM 1/17/05 -0500, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote:
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 13:00 -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
One type is the extender, ...
By contrast, an independent adapter ...
I really like the way this part of the PEP is sounding, since it really
captures two almost, but not quite, completely
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
Heh. As long as you're going to continue the electrical metaphor,
why not just call them transformers and appliances? [ ... ]
Next we'll see Appliance-Oriented Programming ;-)
Just
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At 10:21 AM 1/17/05 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Heh. As long as you're going to continue the electrical metaphor, why not
just call them transformers and appliances?
Please don't. Transformer is commonly used in all sorts of contexts.
But appliances applies mostly to kitchenware and the
At 09:15 AM 1/16/05 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Given the many and various issues with automamtic adaptation
(transitivity, lossiness, statelessness, and apparently more still)
that might be a better approach.
Actually, I think Clark, Alex, and I are rapidly converging on a relatively
simple
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 13:00 -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
One type is the extender, ...
By contrast, an independent adapter ...
I really like the way this part of the PEP is sounding, since it really
captures two almost, but not quite, completely different use-cases, the
confusion between
