[Python-ideas] Object grabbing

[Joshua Morton]

Right that makes sense. Is there any precedent for non-keywords being
special cased by the compiler (I'm thinking specifically of Exceptions)?
There's obviously from __future__ imports, but I think going in that
direction would be simultaneously elegant, explicit, backwards compatible,
and an awful idea.

--Josh

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:32 PM Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>
wrote:

> Joshua Morton wrote:
> > would something like replacing all attribute access with a
> >
> >     try:
> >         x
> >     except NameError:
> >         namespace.x  # or something like this
> >
> > work, or are you saying that since 'namespace' wouldn't be in slots
> > either, this would fail?
>
> I meant that Namespace can't be an ordinary Python object
> that works without cooperation from the compiler. If the
> compiler is allowed to recognise the use of Namespace
> and generate different code, anything is possible.
>
> --
> Greg
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