[Jack Jansen] > I like the functionality, but I don't like the syntax, to me it looks > too much like a method call. > > To me self.[method_name] = self.metadata.[method_name] looks better: > what we're doing here is more like dictionary lookup than calling > functions.
I also like the functionality. Rather than munge existing syntaxes, an altogether new one would be more clear: self->name = self.metadata->name I like the arrow syntax because is the lookup process can be more involved than a simple dictionary lookup (perhaps traveling up to base classes). IOW, getattr(a,n) is not always the same as a.__dict__[n]. The a.__getattribute__(n) process can be more complex than that and a bracketed dictionary-like syntax would misleadingly mask the lookup process. Raymond _______________________________________________ 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
