Hi, I recently started working a lot more in python than I have done in the past. And I discovered something that totally removed the pretty pink clouds of beautifulness that had surrounded my previous python experiences: magic names (I felt almost as sad as when I discovered the strange pink worms that eat you in nethack, not to mention the mind flayers - I really hate them).
I guess all programming languages have magic names to some extent (f.x. classes in the "C-family" have constructors that must have the same name as the class (foo::foo) instead of foo.__init__). I just used a search engine a little on this topic and I found no comprehensive list of magic names in python. So my questions: * is there a comprehensive list of magic names in python (so far i know of __init__ and __repr__)? * are these lists complete or can magic names be added over time (to the python "core")? * are magic names the same in different python versions? I also tried (selected parts of(?)) the unittest package for use in Zope and it seemed functions that I created for my test with the magic prefix "test" were magic, other functions were not. So another question emerges: * is the use of magic names encouraged and/or part of good coding practice. Live long and prosper, Per -- Per Erik Strandberg home: www.pererikstrandberg.se work: www.incf.org also: www.spongswedencare.se -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
