[Python-Dev] making weakref.ref objects subclassable
Michael Hudson
mwh at python.net
Thu Jul 1 10:43:16 EDT 2004
"Fred L. Drake, Jr." <fdrake at acm.org> writes:
> I'm planning to commit a patch (http://www.python.org/sf/983019) that makes
> weak references subclassable. This includes the following changes:
Would "why?" be an apposite question? I'm sure there is a reason, but
I haven't seen it yet :-)
Cheers,
mwh
--
incidentally, asking why things are "left out of the language" is
a good sign that the asker is fairly clueless.
-- Erik Naggum, comp.lang.lisp
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