On 8/14/06, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/14/06, Collin Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem with using lists is that its impossible for non-decorator
> > annotation consumers to know which element "belongs" to them.
>
> The ones whose type they own -- which is why I see at least some
> parallel to exceptions, and its inheritance based semantics.
>
> def f(a:[mytype("asdfljasdf"),
> zope.mypackage.something(b,d,e),
> "a string",
> mytype([47]),
> 15):
>
> Whoever defined mytype controls the meaning of the mytype annotations;
> anyone not familiar with that package should ignore them (and hope
> there were no side effects in the expressions that generated them).
>
> zope.mypackage controls that annotation; anyone not familiar with that
> product should ignore it (and hope there were no side effects ...)
As hideous as I think this is from an aesthetics/visual noise
standpoint, it's probably the only reliable way to let both decorator-
and non-decorator-based consumers work.
What would the rule be about top-level types? Would you have to use a
list, or could a set or dict be used?
Collin Winter
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