Defining VCL-like framework for Python

[Just van Rossum]

At 1:21 PM -0700 5/21/99, David Ascher wrote:
>I suppose one can start by thinking of acquisition as automatized
>delegation which is specialized to the containment hierarchy.  But it's
>deeper than that.  For example, the specific value acquired will depend on
>the containment *path*.
>
>So, if A contains B, and C contains another reference to the same B, then
>A.B.foo and C.B.foo may not give the same value, if 'foo' is acquired (it
>will depend on what A.foo and C.foo are).

Wow, very cool. I'm not sure if I want to take the risk of Spontaneous
Brain Explosion (SBE) by trying to figure out how using metaclasses can
help avoid the circular refs problem here...

Thanks again, David.

Just