On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's another outlandish idea. How about if descriptors could be used outside of classes. I.e. any global or local variable could be assigned a descriptor object and the descriptor protocol would be respected for that variable. This would be a pretty messy change, and I have no illusions that the idea will go anywhere. However, would there be room for this in python?
Not really, because globals() both promises to return a normal dictionary and to respect changes to the module globals made via that dictionary. All bets are off with locals(), but the globals() aspect already spikes the idea, as it does many other ideas to do with speeding or otherwise enhancing namespace lookups. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia