Steven Bethard wrote: > I thought about this for a while, and I think maybe a good rule of > thumb (and something like what Python seems to follow) is: "If it's > there's an obvious default implementation of a protocol that would be > generally useful, it should go on all objects."
Please, no! One of the things I like about Python is that 'object' is very nearly a blank slate. I'd hate to see it cluttered up with a pile of methods that someone thought might be useful to someone sometime. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
