On 2010-07-01 23:42, WANG Cong wrote: > On 07/01/10 22:53, Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> wrote: > > > > > One uses assignment syntax when the name of the attribute they are > > setting is known at the time when one writes the code. > > > > One uses the setattr function when the name of the attribute is not > > known until runtime. > > > > The difference has *nothing at all* to do with "programming classes" > > or "dynamic" vs "static". > > > > This is exactly what I am thinking. > > What we differ is that if using both assignment syntax and setattr() > builtin function is a good design. You think the current design which > lets them co-exist is more understandable, while I think this is less > perfect and then not that more understandable. :)
Is this not the practicality / purity discussion from another subthread? You think it's "less perfect" (by which I think you actually mean "less pure" - but please correct me if I'm wrong). But you admit that it's more under- standable (i.e. it's more practical). Practicality beats purity, so the "less pure" solution wins. > > "Understandable" is hard to define, it differs so much from person to > person. "Perfect" is a strong sense for which I enjoy programming and > learn programming languages. > > Thanks much for your detailed answers, I like discussing this with you! > > > -- > Live like a child, think like the god. > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list ---- Rami Chowdhury "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account." -- Hofstadter's Law +1-408-597-7068 / +44-7875-841-046 / +88-01819-245544 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
