[Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

[Guido van Rossum]

This seems to be the overwhelming feedback at this point, so I'm
withdrawing my support for the proposal. I hope that Ben can write up
a PEP and mark it rejected, to summarize the discussion; it's been a
useful lesson. Occasinoally, negative results are worth publishing!

On 2/13/07, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2007, at 7:24 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:
> > I'm still -1 on the basic idea, though, on the grounds of
> > YAGNIOE (You Aren't Going to Need It Often Enough).
>
> I can't really add much more than what's already be stated, but I
> echo Greg's sentiment.

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