Partial 1.0 - Partial classes for Python

[Carl Banks]

On Feb 7, 10:48 am, "Michele Simionato" <michele.simion... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Martin v. Löwis schrieb:
>
> > > I'm happy to announce partial 1.0; a module to implement
> > > partial classes in Python. It is available from
>
> > >http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/partial/1.0
>
> > > A partial class is a fragment of a class definition;
> > > partial classes allow to spread the definition of
> > > a class over several modules. One location serves
> > > as the original definition of the class.
>
> This looks the same as Ruby classes, right?
> I don't like class definitions to be scattered in different files, for
> the same reason
> I don't like excessive inheritance, it is too easy to get lost when
> debugging
> code written by somebody else. But probably I am just overreacting due
> to my
> exposure to Zope ...

The big difference from Ruby is that this can't extend most built-
ins.  Which means that a lot of Ruby horror stories wouldn't apply.


Carl Banks