With or Using
Tim Howarth
tim at worthy.demon.co.uk
Fri Apr 20 03:28:29 EDT 2001
In message <mailman.987739112.22095.python-list at python.org>
Carlos Ribeiro <cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br> wrote:
> At 16:11 18/04/01 +0000, David C. Ullrich wrote:
> >It's in Delphi all right. Now find five Delphi experts and ask them
> >whether they think it's a good idea.
>
>
> Delphi uses static types. So it is possible to know, in a unambiguous way,
> what member is being assigned in a "with" clause.
> Python uses dynamic types. It is impossible to know in advance which
> attribute will be referenced at runtime. Member attributes may be added or
> removed from objects on the fly. This would make it impossible to know,
> from a simple reading, what attribute is being read - a local one, a global
> one, or a member attribute.
Thanks, a sensible reason/explanation for it not be a good idea for
Python.
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