On Wednesday 14 February 2007 03:03, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Not to me -- magic objects are harder to grok than magic syntax; > the magic syntax gives you a more direct hint that something > unusual is going on than a magic object. Also, Nick's examples > show (conceptual) aliasing problems: after "x = attrview(y)", > both x and y refer to the same object, but use a different > notation to access it.
Just touching on this - I meant to earlier. I'm really unsure why this is a problem. We already have similar cases, for instance dict.keys()/values()/items(). The globals() and locals() builtins also provide an alternate view with "different notation to access it". Since you're creating the view explicitly, I really don't see the problem - any more than say, creating a set from a list, or a dict from a list, or the like. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. _______________________________________________ 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
