On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > However, the example as given won't quite work. You never instantiate the > Idle etc. classes, which means the methods won't work. You need to make > them class methods or static methods, or perform some metaclass magic > prevent them from being turned into instance methods when called.
Actually, he does - setting a state means instantiating that state. I still don't see where the benefit is, beyond that you reach the right margin quicker than anyone else does. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list