> I like the added functionality offered with weakattrs as defined. I'm > not terribly in love with the syntax of their creation, and I'm curious > as to how it plays with __slots__ weakattrs are data descriptors, just like properties etc. they are part of the class, not the instance, so there shouldn't be any trouble with mixing those with __slots__
moreover, adding those to stdlib is very staight-forward. we don't even need to introduce a new module. if people show interest, i'll write a bit of a longer doc string and add some unit tests (although there's not much to test :) ) > Toss it out in python-list, I think some people over there would be able > to offer more feedback. will do... although i doubt they will offer any -tomer On 7/2/06, Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "tomer filiba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > weakattr (weak attributes) are attributes that are weakly referenced > > by their containing object. they are very useful for cyclic references -- > > an object that holds a reference to itself. > > I like the added functionality offered with weakattrs as defined. I'm > not terribly in love with the syntax of their creation, and I'm curious > as to how it plays with __slots__ (not quite having the time to look at > its implementation right now), but it is quite explicit, so I can get > past that. It would allow us to say, "stop using __del__, use weakattrs", > but I'm not sure how well that would work, generally. > > Toss it out in python-list, I think some people over there would be able > to offer more feedback. > > - 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
