> [Terry Jan Reedy] > No, the reservered special names are supposed to be ugly ;-) -- or at least > to stand out. However, since special methods are almost always called > indirectly by syntax and not directly, only the class writer or reader, but > not users, generally see them.
Fair enough, but my problem is that class writers are users too. :-) -Ben -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list