Steve Holden wrote:
Yeah, that's a given. Ruby would probably let you do that, but Python insists that you don't dick around with the built-in types. And roghtly so, IMHO.
Some restrictions on this are necessary -- it obviously wouldn't be safe to allow replacing the class of an object with one having an incompatible C layout, and most built-in types have their own unique layout. I think it's easier in Ruby, because all objects in Ruby look pretty much the same at the C level. Not sure of the details, though. -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
