> Andrew Koenig wrote:
> > I note in PEP 3000 the proposal to remove callable(), with the comment > "just call the object and catch the exception." > I think that should be amended to "just use hasattr(obj. '__call__') > instead". That's what callable() will become equivalent to once > old_style classes are gone. I am uncomfortable about exposing the implementation this way, if only because it would require fixing the equivalence between callable() and hasattr(obj, '__call__') for all time. I much prefer the extra abstraction layer that callable() provides. _______________________________________________ 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
