OK, the analogy is cute, but I really don't know what it means in Python. Can you give an example? What are the parts of an old-style class that have to be 'ordered' separately? How do you 'order' them concisely with a new-style class?
Thanks, Kent Marc Tompkins wrote: > I thought of an analogy I like better than my sign-painting one: > ordering a sandwich. > Imagine: you're at the deli, and your waitron asks what you want. > (Granted, this is a silly example.) > "Classic" order: "I'd like a sandwich with two slices of rye bread, > Russian dressing, corned beef, and Swiss cheese. Oh, and I'd like that > grilled." > "New-style" order: "Reuben, please." > > Now, I speak not of the time and materials required to construct the > above-mentioned tasty treat - in my analogy, Python is the > long-suffering waitron, not the cook - but I gotta figure that the > second option will take less space to write on the check. Perhaps about > 134 bytes' worth. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
