Tim Peters wrote:
> Don't know what "raw data" might mean here. Any Python object can be
> bound to any attribute of a class. In Python, e.g.,
>
> class MyClass:
>
> mydata = ['xyz', 12]
>
> def method(self):
> MyClass.mydata.append(-1)
> # or, more inheritance-frie
Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Tim Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [ Many useful answers ]
>
> Thanks very much! That helps. Here are a few points where we are at
> cross-purposes.
[snip]
> I believe that, using the above approach, it would be possible to
> achieve good eff
"Tim Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[ Many useful answers ]
Thanks very much! That helps. Here are a few points where we are at
cross-purposes.
I am talking about the C level. What I am thinking of is the standard
method of implementing the complicated housekeeping of a class (e.g.
inheri
[Nick Maclaren]
> I Have been thinking about software floating point, and there are
> some aspects of Python and decimal that puzzle me. Basically, they
> are things that are wanted for this sort of thing and seem to be
> done in very contorted ways, so I may have missed something.
>
> Firstly, ca
Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Without answering your specific questions, keep in mind that Python and
> Python-C code are very different things. The current Decimal
> implementation was designed to be *readable* and efficient *Python* code.
> For a look at what the Python-C implementation o
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006, Nick Maclaren wrote:
>
> I Have been thinking about software floating point, and there are
> some aspects of Python and decimal that puzzle me. Basically, they
> are things that are wanted for this sort of thing and seem to be
> done in very contorted ways, so I may have miss
I Have been thinking about software floating point, and there are
some aspects of Python and decimal that puzzle me. Basically, they
are things that are wanted for this sort of thing and seem to be
done in very contorted ways, so I may have missed something.
Firstly, can Python C code assume no C
