At 10:58 AM +0200 10/5/02, Paul Johnson wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 04:42:27PM -0700, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
> > - An attribute and a method are _not_ typically implemented in the same
>> manner. Treating the two as interchangeable might imply runtime
>> overhead.
>
>Bah! I bet the intern
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 04:42:27PM -0700, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
> [Draft Proposal: Symmetry between Attributes and Accessors]
>
> It is proposed that class attributes may be treated as functionally
> equivalent to an identically named accessor method. In this manner, it
> shall become irrele