On 27/05/2008, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Conceptually, this is a fine idea, but three things bug me. > > First, there is a mismatch between the significance of the problem > being addressed versus the weight of the solution.
Agreed, absolutely. > Second, this seems like the wrong solution to the problem > as it places the responsibility in the wrong place and thereby > hardwires its notion of what kind of objects should be split. Again, agreed. The flatten function is one of the canonical examples of the visitor patterns. I see no generalisation of this proposal to other visitor patterns. I'd rather see a solution which addressed the wider visitor use case (I think I just sprained my back bending over backwards to avoid mentioning generic functions :-)) > Third, I thought ABCs were introduced as an optional feature [...] Again, I agree absolutely. Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
