Some of these have already been fixed in a version sent to me. I need to check that version in. I haven't reviewed it, but I believe it addresses the __signature__ issue. I should have time to get this in tonight.
n -- On 12/27/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just noticed that PEP 3107 has quietly been checked in. Thanks > Collin and Tony! > > After skimming it, I have one observation: the grammar in the PEP > doesn't match that implemented by Tony's patch. The difference is only > apparent for tuple-unpacking parameters (e.g. b and c in "def foo(a, > (b, c), d): pass"). The PEP supports this syntax: > > def foo((a, b): "something"): > ... > > while the patch supports this instead: > > def foo((a: "something", b: "something_else")): > ... > > (I have to say that I like the patch version better. :-) > > I also note that the PEP uses foo.__signature__.annotations to access > the annotations dict, while the patch uses foo.func_annotations. This > is reasonable since we don't have the __signature__ API yet (it's PEP > 362, but I don't know its status). > > Finally, the PEP uses Number, Mapping and Sequence as example > annotations. I'd rather not use those since they could incorrectly > convey the notion that annotations imply type checking semantics, > which thety don't (at least not without some kind of decorator). > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/nnorwitz%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
