python-2.1 function attributes

[Emile van Sebille]

"Michael Hudson" <mwh21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:m3y9vywa2p.fsf at atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk...
> "Emile van Sebille" <emile at fenx.com> writes:

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> > > > l = (4,5,6)
> > def test(...) having (*l):
>
> Uhh, how do you propose to refer to the elements of l?
test.0?

Of course, I propose to refer to them as a, b & c.  Exactly
how that should happen is an implementation detail.  ;-)
(Obviously a case of insufficient ROM - Read Operators Mind
... which reminds me of WOM - Write Only Memory)

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> BTW, I've implemented my proposal at:
>
>
http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=1034
41&group_id=5470
>
> You need a *really* recent Python (i.e. CVS from later
than yesterday)
> to get this to work (Jeremy checked in the code for PEP
227, static
> nested scopes, which really beat up the compiler).  But
give it a
> whirl!
>
> Cheers,
> M.
>

I did, and it looks like I missed the timing re: compile.c
and the patch didn't take.  I'll have to try again later.

See you,


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Emile van Sebille
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