>> Because frankly, that's how I read Russ' explanation for what Scala is >> doing. Have I missed something?
coz he gets paid per line of code.... it's a mindless way of getting paid more for the same functionality... >> Well, I *thought* I did, and (unlike Bruno) I'm not hostile to the idea >> Russ is proposing. But I must admit it's not clear to me why Russ thinks >> it is a good idea to automatically turn this: >> >> class Parrot(object): >> def __init__(self): >> self.x = 1 >> >> into this: >> >> class Parrot(object): >> def __init__(self): >> self._x = 1 >> def getx(self): >> return self._x >> def setx(self, value): >> self._x = value >> x = property(getx, setx) >> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list