On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Larry Hastings <[email protected]> wrote:
> But I can cite at least one place in the standard library that would have
> been better if it'd been implemented as a module property:
>
os.stat_float_times().
>
I wish there were a property feature available almost very time I encounter
a "get*" method in the stdlib (or any where):
There are a heck of a lot in the os module:
In [4]: [s for s in dir(os) if s.startswith('get')]
Out[4]:
['get_blocking',
'get_exec_path',
'get_inheritable',
'get_terminal_size',
'getcwd',
'getcwdb',
'getegid',
'getenv',
'getenvb',
'geteuid',
'getgid',
'getgrouplist',
'getgroups',
'getloadavg',
'getlogin',
'getpgid',
'getpgrp',
'getpid',
'getppid',
'getpriority',
'getsid',
'getuid']
Many of those may be good use-cases for getters, but still...
And just yesterday I was getting annoyed by some in sysconfig:
In [6]: [s for s in dir(sysconfig) if s.startswith('get')]
Out[6]:
['get_config_h_filename',
'get_config_var',
'get_config_vars',
'get_makefile_filename',
'get_path',
'get_path_names',
'get_paths',
'get_platform',
'get_python_version',
'get_scheme_names']
modules serve the very useful function of a global singleton -- if we think
properties are a good idea for classes, then they are a good idea for
modules...
-CHB
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