[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>>>> "Phillip" == Phillip J Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Phillip> At 11:43 AM 10/19/2005 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> <callable> <name> <tuple>: > >> >> <definitions> > >> ... > >> > Steve> Wow, that's really neat. And you save a keyword! ;-) > >> > >> Two if you add a builtin called "function" (get rid of "def"). > > Phillip> Not unless the tuple is passed in as an abstract syntax tree or > Phillip> something. > > Hmmm... Maybe I misread something then. I saw (I think) that > > type Foo (base): > def __init__(self): > pass > > would be equivalent to > > class Foo (base): > def __init__(self): > pass > > and thought that > > function myfunc(arg1, arg2): > pass > > would be equivalent to > > def myfunc(arg1, arg2): > pass > > where "function" a builtin that when called returns a new function.
For it to work in classes, it would need to execute the body of the class, which is precisely why it can't work with functions. - Josiah _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
