[Python-Dev] Replacing __slots__ with addmembers()

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "MM" == Michael McLay <mclay@erols.com> writes:

    MM> I hope the feature freeze won't rule out the patch for 2.2.

Without BDFL override, yes, it does.

>>>>> "TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com> writes:

    TP> I expect we will.  Ditto __metatype__, long-winded super(),
    TP> function-based property "declarations", and all the other new
    TP> stuff.  We're aiming for progress with the new features, not
    TP> perfection <wink>.

I believe Guido knows that it will be impossible to get all this stuff
right the first time, and even the 2.2 beta cycle won't shake out all
the problems.  I think his intention was to get the basic
functionality in place for Python 2.2, and to clean up and improve the
syntax and semantics in future releases.

-Barry