To me, to use a period '.' is inherently very ambiguous. But mine is just one point of view and of course I do see the benefit of typing less. Thanks, D
On Mar 6, 10:15 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > You could try for '. and ': in a model and I am pretty sure there is > no ambiguity. Moreover if the Field(s) are indented the . and : are > easy to spot. That was the rationale. > > Massimo > > On Mar 6, 3:51 pm, villas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Too late now... > > > Well... you're right - we do have quite a bit of magic already :-) > > > But extra punctuation marks don't make the code very readable. > > More meaningful abbreviations would prompt people to look them up if > > they don't know them. > > > For example, if an abbreviation was: Field('vf:name') - short for > > "visible false", > > I could make a search in the book for 'vf:' and I would discover the > > meaning immediately. > > > Now try a similar search in the book for '.' > > > -D > >
