[Python-3000] pep 3119 question (ABC)

[Guido van Rossum]

On Jan 10, 2008 11:20 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On reading this pep, I was not clear on one issue.
>
> In some interface proposals (zope?), as well as in c++0x concept proposal,
> there is a mechanism to specify how to adapt a given class to satisfy given
> interface requirements.
>
> For example, suppose container ABC requires a 'size'.  Suppose I have a
> container-like class C, but it's size is called 'len'.  The idea is to be
> able to specify, _outside of the class C_, that the size requirement is
> met, and it's called 'len'.
>
> Does pep 3119 offer that functionality?

No.

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