[Python-ideas] PEP 3155 - Qualified name for classes and functions

[Barry Warsaw]

On Oct 30, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

>I would like to propose the following PEP for discussion and, if
>possible, acceptance. I think the proposal shouldn't be too
>controversial (I find it quite simple and straightforward myself :-)).

Nice PEP, and +1 for the concept (with Guido's preferred format).  However,
"qname" is pretty obscure and I only guessed what the "q" stood for by reading
the title of the PEP.

It seems to me that this attribute represents the dotted path from module
globals to the object.  You have to be careful not to confuse this with a file
system path, so something like __dotted_name__, __dotted_path__, or
__full_name__ perhaps.  I don't much care, but I do think cryptic
abbreviations should be avoided.

Cheers,
-Barry
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