Jim Jewett wrote:
> If the implementation of [] ends up doing the moral equivalent of
>
> (self.__getitem__(arg) if not isintance(self, type) else
> self.__parameterization__(arg))
>
> then we're running into problems with
>
> If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
It's no more complicated than the difference between dict() and dict()(). The
former works because it invokes type.__call__, the latter fails because it
tries to invoke dict.__call__ (and fails to find it).
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia
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