[Python-Dev] PEP: Adding data-type objects to Python
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Oct 29 02:15:40 CEST 2006
Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Greg Ewing wrote:
>> Also, what if I want to refer to fields by name
>> but don't want to have to work out all the offsets
> Use the list definition form. With the changes I've
> suggested above, you wouldn't even have to name the fields you don't
> care about - just describe them.
That would be okay.
I still don't see a strong justification for having a
one-big-string form as well as a list/tuple/dict form,
though.
--
Greg
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