Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: Thanks for the feedback.
> So, that would mean instead of > get_distribution(name).metadata['Version'] > you'd use > get_metadata(name)['Version'] > ? > I'm not sure that's really buys you much. Yeah. At the moment we also have get_distribution(name).version, which I hope is not deemed ugly. > I don't entirely remember my objections to the API, but I wonder if you > couldn't provide > attribute access via properties on .metadata? Or are there keys that can't > be mapped to > identifiers (modulo typical dash-to-underscore mappings)? In distutils1, the metadata fields were accessed as attributes. I think using a mapping interface makes more sense and is nicer to use. Rejecting for now. ---------- assignee: tarek -> eric.araujo resolution: -> rejected stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13167> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
