[Gregory Ewing] > >>I just posted to my blog about a feature that I'd like to see added to > >>Python. > > >>http://alphaios.blogspot.com/2009/11/python-string-inferred-names-wor... > > I don't think getattr and setattr are used anywhere near > frequently enough to justify special syntax.
Perhaps that would change if we had the proposed syntax. I would expect that powerful and expressive idioms would emerge. > (A frequent question asked by newcomers from certain > other kinds of languages is something like "How do I > assign to a variable whose name is in another variable?" > The answer is almost always "Don't do that, use a > dictionary.") The proposed syntax works better with class namespaces which automatically provide inheritance logic and method binding. Dictionaries don't provide equivalent support. Raymond -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
