[XML-SIG] foo.bar vs. foo.get_bar()

uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com
Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:45:56 -0700


Paul Prescod:
> Is anyone yet willing to agree with me that computed attributes should
> be a language feature? Say uncle dammit!

I'll confess that I didn't entirely understand what you meant by "computed 
attributes" as opposed to __[g/s]etattr__, and I'm sure I missed your 
arguments about it in the misty past.

Could you give an example?  Could your ideas be implemented without slowing 
things down a la __[g/s]etattr__?


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