Op 2005-09-30, Steve Holden schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Op 2005-09-29, Bill Mill schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>>But, if your users can't figure out that they shouldn't be changing >>>the variable called t._test__i without expecting side effects, what do >>>you think of the users of your class? >>> >>>Python is for consenting adults. >> >> >> No it is not. Consenting means you had the choice. Python doesn't >> give you the choice not to consent. Unless of course you write >> it as a C-extension, then you can hide all you want. >> > > Good grief, the ultimate choice is to use Python because you like it, or > not to use it because you don't. Enough with the picking every available > nit, please. Consent or stop complaining :-)
This is IMO not a nit. IMO people are redefining words. We are also talking within a certain context. When people use this slogan, they don't mean that people have the choice to not use python. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
