On 9 Sep, 2013, at 20:23, Jan Kaliszewski <z...@chopin.edu.pl> wrote:
> Is '__locallookup__' a really good name? In Python, *local* -- especially in > context of *lookups* -- usually associates with locals() i.e. a namespace of > a function/method execution frame or a namespace of a class, during > *definition* of that class... So '__locallookup__' can be confusing. > > Why not just '__getclassattribute__' or '__classlookup__', or > '__classattribute__'...? I don't particularly like __locallookup__ either, but haven't found a better name yet. "__lookup_in_class__" was the best alternative I could come up with, and that feels different than other special methods. The name in the PEP is more or less derived from _PyType_Lookup, with "local" meaning "only in this class, don't recurse in the rest of the MRO". Ronald _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
