[Python-Dev] PEP 447: add type.__locallookup__

Jan Kaliszewski zuo at chopin.edu.pl
Mon Sep 9 20:23:40 CEST 2013


Is '__locallookup__' a really good name? In Python, *local* -- 
especially in context of *lookups* -- usually associates with locals() 
i.e. a namespace of a function/method execution frame or a namespace of 
a class, during *definition* of that class... So '__locallookup__' can 
be confusing.

Why not just '__getclassattribute__' or '__classlookup__', or 
'__classattribute__'...?

Cheers.
*j



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