[Dev] a poll: slightly different python syntax

[Alec Flett]

So pje and I are working on a more compact python syntax for defining lots of items (like the 100+ it takes to make chandler's menus) Don't worry, we're not getting rid of update(), just providing a more compact syntax that does things like automatic itsName, parent/child relationships, and so forth. we're looking at something like: Menu.template('FileMenu', _('File'),...      childrenBlocks=[      MenuItem.template('NewNote', _('New Note..'),...),      MenuItem.template(...      ]).install(parcel) One of the big bonuses being that you just do a single .install(parcel) at the bottom of the template definition, and provide your own specialized syntax for specific classes (for instance, Blocks would always just take the first parameter as the blockName) Now the trick here is that we have a few options for 'wrapping' classnames. For instance above you see '<blockname>.template(...)'. Other options include: '<blockname>.make(...)' (the word 'make' being shorter than 'template' and clear that you're 'making' a block) t.<blockname>(...) where you'd be able to prefix <blockname> with any old string, such as 't' Votes? Alec

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