Danilo Freitas, 29.01.2010 19:05:
> 2010/1/29 Stefan Behnel :
>> Danilo Freitas, 29.01.2010 04:34:
>>> As you know, Robert is planning to put the work about C++ Support in
>>> next release. So, we have some new stuff, and people need to learn it.
>>>
>>> I wrote a very simple tutorial on wiki [0], with some examples. I
>>> think it's easy to learn (and use) it.
>> Thanks, there seems to be a lot in there (feature-wise).
>>
>>
>>> So, if you have any questions about it, just ask here.
>>>
>>> [0] http://wiki.cython.org/gsoc09/daniloaf/progress
>> One thing that strikes me: Is "new" a keyword now? I don't find that a good
>> idea - it will break existing code at best. Why was this chosen over
>> something like "cython.new()"? Or is it only enabled when compiling C++
>> code? That would be bad enough, but would at least make it less likely to
>> break code.
>
> I didn't think about that. I just thought using 'new' like C++ would
> be very simple.
It's not very pythonic, though. I think a function makes more sense.
I assume there is a reason why calling the constructor isn't enough?
> I don't see how this keyword can break the code.
def factory(x, new=False):
...
Let's see what Robert thinks.
Stefan
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