[Python-3000] Generic function PEP won't make it in time

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Apr 26 02:38:52 CEST 2007


Paul Moore wrote:
> OTOH, in Greg's case maybe he should just not bother inheriting from
> the ABC. From what I hear, that shouldn't cause him any problems
> ("duck typing isn't going away" is the message I've heard). Of course,
> it's difficult to be sure without specific examples (on either side of
> the debate).

I gathered that some ABCs would be providing useful
default implementations of some methods. That would
be a reason for me to use one of the supplied ABCs
instead of doing it all myself.

--
Greg


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