[Python-checkins] r59200 - in python/trunk: Demo/newmetaclasses/Eiffel.py Lib/compiler/pyassem.py Lib/doctest.py Lib/modulefinder.py Lib/test/test_descr.py Lib/test/test_doctest.py Lib/test/test_funcattrs.py Lib/test/test_getopt.py Lib/test/test_

[Georg Brandl]

Jim Jewett schrieb:
> On 11/27/07, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Guido van Rossum schrieb:
> 
>> > Yes, I'm hoping we'll be able to get rid of the types module
>> > altogether. The idea of collecting all type names in one module
>> > doesn't make sense anyway; it's better to group things by
>> > functionality.
> 
>> ... * module * function * generator ...
> 
>> Where would one put them?
> 
> There really isn't any reason to need the types, unless you're doing
> introspection.  (Even building objects by hand to get around the
> compiler still tends to at least use introspection.)

At least creating modules via new.module() is quite common if you're
doing some import hackery. Having to call "inspect.module" would be
a bit obfuscatory IMO.

Georg, wondering why he had a Dejavu just now