[Python-3000] Special methods and interface-based type system

[Guido van Rossum]

It could have been a much shorter thread without you.

On 11/22/06, George Sakkis <gsakkis at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> If you consider distraction a thread that drew more than 100 replies,
> many of them very insightful (including Andrew Koenig's about
> abilities that has spawned 3-4 new threads), please allow me to
> disagree.
>
> On 11/22/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>
> > Your presence here has been entirely a distraction. That's a troll to me.
> >
> > On 11/22/06, George Sakkis <gsakkis at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> > > On 11/22/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > > > On 11/22/06, George Sakkis <gsakkis at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> > > > > Although I don't necessarily agree with the arguments from a puristic
> > > > > point of view ("then why not make keys(), values(), items(), read(),
> > > > > write(), ... builtin GFs ?"), they are indeed a better answer to the
> > > > > FAQ entry. After all, HCI-based arguments are usually a fancier way of
> > > > > saying "it's a matter of taste" and arguing against them is like
> > > > > arguing that green is a better colour than red.
> > > >
> > > > I'm so glad you're not trying to hide that you're a troll.
> > >
> > > I see how my reply could be misinterpreted as sarcastic but that was
> > > not at all my intention. If I were a troll,that would be pretty
> > > obvious after three years in c.l.py. I've supported the vast majority
> > > of language changes since 2.2-2.3 that I first met Python (even
> > > controversial ones such as decorators and conditional expressions) as
> > > well as pretty much all goals listed in PEP 3100. Still, we don't have
> > > to agree on everything, do we ? After all, what I said essentially was
> > > that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That hardly justifies the
> > > troll labeling.
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> >
> >
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