rusi wrote: > On Oct 29, 8:20 pm, andrea crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote: > <snipped> >> Any comments about this? What do you prefer and why? > > Im not sure how what the 'prefer' is about -- your specific num > wrapper or is it about the general question of choosing mutable or > immutable types? > > If the latter I would suggest you read > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stepanov#Criticism_of_OOP > > [And remember that Stepanov is the author of C++ STL, he is arguably > as important in the C++ world as Stroustrup]
The usual calls for immutability are not related to OO. They have to do with optimization, and specifically with parallel processing. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
