* Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> [110313 13:46]: > On 3/13/2011 3:17 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: > >* Tim Johnson<t...@johnsons-web.com> [110313 08:27]: > > Your fundamental problem is that you changed the api of your module. > When you do that, No. I created a 'fork' of the original so that the 'fork' uses a different interface. The original API remains in legacy code unchanged... > you have to review all code that uses that api -- > or that depends on it. See above.
> The test should be (and should have been) > elif isinstance(args, cgi.cgitools): Oh of course, forgot about isinstance. That is a good tip! > This would have and will fail with a loud AttributeError when > cgitools is renamed. Understood. And AttributeError would be my friend and mentor nevertheless. > Consider upgrading to 2.7 if you have not and using the logging module. :) I like my logging module, I believe it may have 'anticipated' the 2.7 module. And I can't count on my client's servers to host 2.7 for a while. > > Double double underscore names are 'special' rather than necessarily > 'private'. These two are somewhat documented (3.2 Reference, 3.1, > "__class__ is the instance’s class", "__name__ is the class name"). > So they will not change or disappear without notice. I expect them > to be pretty stable. Good to hear. Thanks Terry. -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
