On Oct 21, 2013 1:18 AM, "s|s" <supr.e.etse...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Lets look at integer as an example in Python (int) > > class int(object) > int(x[, base]) -> integer > > which is unlike java where int is a "basic" non-class type. An explicit upgrade to **Integer** class is required to use OOP features. This is done with sole purpose of machine efficiency. >
Seriously, we're arguing primitive types here?!? I mean, I'll admit they're a blemish, but (as Dhananjay mentioned) they're hardly there to improve bytecode generation. They were put in to appease the (memory) bean counters so that they could control the heap sizes of objects, at least in their heads. That said, the Tiger release introduced autoboxing, which dealt with this. The JVMs runtime performance magic lies elsewhere entirely. I'm banging this mail out on a tablet over GPRS, otherwise I would've hunted down a few references for you. Honestly, I urge you to look at other OO languages like SmallTalk (where it sort of all began), Ruby & Groovy, or even JavaScript for that matter. Just like we don't want to be narrow about what comprises OO, we should also not restrict our examples/experience of OO implementations to C++ & Java (aside from Python*). - d * The OO implementation in which I find somewhat questionable, but I digress... :) _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
