On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > I'm okay with dropping immutability for sys.implementation, but I still think > attribute access is a more useful model. You can easily support both getattr > and getitem with a class instance, so I think that's the way to go. > > (FWIW, immutability would also be easy to support with an instance.)
Agreed on both counts. The precedent in sys and elsewhere favors attribute access for a fixed namespace like sys.implementation. Also, item access (a la mappings) implies a more volatile namespace. -eric _______________________________________________ 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