Some suggestion for a GUI kit evolved on Perl
Tim Peters
tim_one at email.msn.com
Thu Apr 6 22:18:49 EDT 2000
[Makhno]
>> label = OrcLabel
>> NewOrcWindow(
>> title = "Test"
>> ).Add(
>> OrcVGroup(
>> OrcButton,
>> label
>> )
>> ).Show()
> Yes, this appears to be the best way. I thought that Python
> statements could only be continued onto a new line if a '\' was
> supplied, but perhaps I was wrong.
An unclosed bracketing structure (left paren, square or curly bracket)
suffices.
> I don't like the way the Label has to be pre-made (not created in the
> constructor) in order to keep a reference.
It's thoroughly idiomatic Python, though, so even if you could dream up a
way around that it wouldn't be accepted -- Python programmers aren't
accustomed to staring at the insides of expressions for side-effects. This
is considered to be a feature <wink>.
clash-of-philosophies-ly y'rs - tim
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