On Apr 10, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: > Kendall Clark wrote: >> Folks, >> >> One thing I'd really like to see in Python 3000 is support for first- >> class symbols, >> >> def web_dispatch("/bank-account", :GET, retrieve_account): pass > > class SymGen: > > def __getattr__(self, name): > return intern(name) > > sym = SymGen() > > web_dispatch("/bank-account", sym.GET, retrieve_account)
Yep, of course. I suspect anyone who's used Python in anger has written some such thing. The question is whether it's worth effort to have something standardized in the language. I think it would be worth the effort, but that's my 2 cents. Cheers, Kendall _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com