At 12:46 PM 10/19/2005 -0700, Josiah Carlson wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>>>> "Phillip" == Phillip J Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > 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.
Not only that, but the '(arg1, arg2)' for classes is a tuple of *values*, but for functions it's just a function signature, not an expression! Which is why this would effectively have to be a macro facility. _______________________________________________ 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
