On Wednesday 22 October 2003 07:07 pm, Dave Brueck wrote: ...
like a global variable. I also don't think I want global variable assignments to look like attribute assignments.
Go easy on me for piping up here, but aren't they attribute assignments or at least used as such? After reading the other posts in this thread I
I entirely afree with this "user of Python" perspective, and I think it's a pity it's been ignored in the following discussion.
and any distinction would seem arbitrary or artificial (consider, for
Yes! If the compiler needs to be aware of global assignments (which IS a good idea) we can do so by either introducing a new "operator keyword", OR something like Barry's suggestion of "import __me__" with __me__ as a magicname recognized by the compiler (hey, if it can recognize __future__ why not __me__?-). But to the Python user, making things look similar when their semantics and use ARE similar is a wonderful idea.
example, that it is not an uncommon practice to write a module instead of a class if the class would be a singleton).
Indeed, that IS the officially recommended practice (and Guido emphasized that in rather adamant words after he had recovered from the shock of seeing the Borg nonpattern presented at a Python-UK session...:-). Alex