python 3's adoption
Alf P. Steinbach
alfps at start.no
Thu Jan 28 12:37:56 EST 2010
* Lie Ryan:
> On 01/28/10 20:12, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
>> >>> import builtins
>> >>>
>> >>> org_print = print
>> >>> builtins.print = 666
>> >>>
>> >>> print( "trallala" )
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
>> >>> org_print( "but is that really so smart?" )
>> but is that really so smart?
>> >>> _
>
> Monkey patching follows (or should follow) the same rule as class
> inheritance overriding: the overrider's input domain must be a superset
> of the overriden's input domain and the overrider's output range must be
> a subset of the overriden's output range. 666 object (int) is not even
> remotely compatible with function object.
Yes, that's my point.
A 'print' replacement should ideally provide all the guarantees on behavior that
standard 'print' does.
And with that it's not so easy to put in a /correct/ replacement of 'print'; in
particular, it has to honor the 'file' keyword argument.
Thus the 3.x design makes it easy to replace 'print' incorrectly.
I'd rather still had 'print' as keyword... ;-)
Cheers,
- Alf
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