[Python-Dev] PEP 351, the freeze protocol

[Josiah Carlson]

Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> 
> Josiah Carlson wrote:
> [...]
> >>Perhaps I didn't make it clear. The difference between wxPython's Grid
> >>and my table is that in the table, most values are *computed*. This
> >>means that there's no point in changing the values themselves. They
> >>are also used frequently as set members (I can describe why, but it's
> >>a bit complicated.)
> > 
> > Again, user semantics.  Tell your users not to modify entries, and/or
> > you can make copies of objects you return.  If your users are too daft
> > to read and/or follow directions, then they deserve to have their
> > software not work.
> > 
> That sounds like a "get out of jail free" card for Microsoft and many 
> other software vendors ...

If/when vendors are COMPLETE in their specifications and documentation,
they can have that card, but being that even when they specify such
behaviors they are woefully incomplete, there is not a card to be found,
and I stand by my opinion.

 - Josiah