Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-05-04 Thread Steve Holden
Tristan Seligmann wrote: > * Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-29 18:19:20 -0700]: > >>> In my mind, 'if' and 'or' are "syntax", whereas things like 'None' or >>> 'True' are "values"; even if None becomes an actual keyword, rather than >>> a builtin. >> I'm sorry, but that is such an i

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-30 Thread Guido van Rossum
On 4/29/07, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > >> 2. Every non-static method has an implicit cell variable called > >> 'super'. > > > > I think you're using 'cell' in a different sense than it is normally > > used in Python's implementation. What you are l

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-30 Thread Calvin Spealman
On 4/30/07, Tim Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been working on improved super syntax for quite a while now - my > original approach was 'self.super' which used _getframe() and mro crawling > too. I hit on using bytecode hacking to instantiate a super object at the > start of the method t

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-30 Thread Tim Delaney
From: "Calvin Spealman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I believe the direction my PEP took with all this is a good bit > primitive compared to this approach, although I still find value in it > because at least a prototype came out of it that can be used to test > the waters, regardless of if a more direct

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-30 Thread Calvin Spealman
On 4/30/07, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > > >> 1. When a method is defined, the class is bound to it via an > attribute > >> (which in my version is called func_class). > > > In Py3k all the func_XXX attrs are renamed __XXX__, so this would be > > __c

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-30 Thread Tim Delaney
From: "Delaney, Timothy (Tim)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sorry - this is related to my proposal that the following two bits of > code behave the same: > >class A(object): >def f(self, *p, **kw): >super.f(*p, **kw) > >class A(object): >def f(self, *p, **kw): >

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-30 Thread Ron Adam
Delaney, Timothy (Tim) wrote: > What I'm proposing is that the `super = super_factory()` line be > implicit in this case, resulting in the following code behaving > identically: > > class A(object): > def f(self): > def inner(): > return 'A' + super.f() >

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Delaney, Timothy (Tim)
Guido van Rossum wrote: >> 1. When a method is defined, the class is bound to it via an attribute >> (which in my version is called func_class). > In Py3k all the func_XXX attrs are renamed __XXX__, so this would be > __class__; but that's a name reserved for something else, so it would > need to

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Guido van Rossum
On 4/29/07, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the current PEP draft is way too complicated - I don't think > there's any need for descriptors, etc. I think we can make things work > in the following way: > > 1. When a method is defined, the class is bound to it via an attr

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-29 18:19:20 -0700]: > > In my mind, 'if' and 'or' are "syntax", whereas things like 'None' or > > 'True' are "values"; even if None becomes an actual keyword, rather than > > a builtin. > > I'm sorry, but that is such an incredibly subjective differ

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Delaney, Timothy (Tim)
Jim Jewett wrote: > On 4/29/07, Tim Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been intending to write up a PEP for fixing super, but I >> haven't had time to get to it. > > Calvin Spealman has the most recent draft. I hope he will incorporate > this into his draft. Sorry about this - wasn't rec

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Guido van Rossum
On 4/29/07, Tristan Seligmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-29 16:30:18 -0700]: > > > On 4/29/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So it is a "keyword" in the sense that None is a keyword; not in the > > > stronger sense that "if" is a keywo

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-29 16:30:18 -0700]: > On 4/29/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So it is a "keyword" in the sense that None is a keyword; not in the > > stronger sense that "if" is a keyword? > > Um, how do you see those two differ? Is 'if' a keyword in

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Calvin Spealman
On 4/29/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/29/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So it is a "keyword" in the sense that None is a keyword; not in the > > stronger sense that "if" is a keyword? > > Um, how do you see those two differ? Is 'if' a keyword in the same > se

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Guido van Rossum
On 4/29/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it is a "keyword" in the sense that None is a keyword; not in the > stronger sense that "if" is a keyword? Um, how do you see those two differ? Is 'if' a keyword in the same sense as 'or', or in a different sense? I realize that in Python 2.5

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Calvin Spealman
On 4/29/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/29/07, Tim Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been intending to write up a PEP for fixing super, but I haven't had > > time to get to it. > > Calvin Spealman has the most recent draft. I hope he will incorporate > this into his draft

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Pre-pre PEP for 'super' keyword

2007-04-29 Thread Jim Jewett
On 4/29/07, Tim Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been intending to write up a PEP for fixing super, but I haven't had > time to get to it. Calvin Spealman has the most recent draft. I hope he will incorporate this into his draft. > 1. 'super' becomes a keyword, that returns a super objec