Feb. 25, 2009
8:47 p.m.
[Greg Ewing]
The hasattr() tests can be expensive for repeated throwers and senders. Any merit to caching the result of the test?
The expansion is a specification of the semantics, not an implementation.
I would have thought that running hasattr() no more than once is a semantic detail. Also, speed is a relevant consideration whenever users have the choice of continuing to do things the old way. If the new syntax is slower for key use cases, why would anyone adopt it? my-two-cents-ly yours, Raymond