[Python-Dev] PEP 362 Third Revision
Benjamin Peterson
benjamin at python.org
Fri Jun 15 18:52:05 CEST 2012
2012/6/15 Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>:
> If I understand you correctly, you seem to be trying to apply
> "is_implemented" to the problem of predicting which specific inputs to a
> parameter would be valid. I don't think that problem is tractable--it's way
> too context-specific.
Exactly! It's too context sensitive to belong on a generic signature
object. Without is_implemented, all the properties of the signature
object should only change if you alter the parameter list. How a
parameter is dealt with in the function should not affect the
signature of a function.
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Regards,
Benjamin
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