Re: Interfaces

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Roald de Vries wrote: > Dear all, > > PEP 245 and 246 about interfaces for python are both rejected for 'something > much better' (GvR in 246's rejection notice). Does anybody know what this > is? I am *very* curious! Abstract Base Classes (ABCs) fulfill a similar

Re: Interfaces

On Apr 5, 4:40 pm, Roald de Vries wrote: > Dear all, > > PEP 245 and 246 about interfaces for python are both rejected for   > 'something much better' (GvR in 246's rejection notice). Does anybody   > know what this is? I am *very* curious! > > Kind regards, Roald Given that was in 2001, probably

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

Michael Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree: I use Thunderbird, and it works well. But I read NNTP > newsgroups on several devices, and I would really like to have the > read-status synchronized across them. > Can anyone recommend a solution that also synchronizes post read > status? I

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:36:44 -0800, Michael Spencer >> >> Can anyone recommend a solution that also synchronizes post read status? If >> Google Reader or something like it handled NNTP, I imagine I'd use it to >> achieve >> this benefit. >> > Unlike email client

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

Ben Finney wrote: > > I'm not interested in learning some centralised web-application > interface, and far prefer the discussion forum to be available by a > standard *protocol*, that I can use my choice of *local client* > application with. > I agree: I use Thunderbird, and it works well. But

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums (was: Science list)

On 30/11/2007, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 29/11/2007, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Regardless of what Google/Yahoo/M$/AOL want you to think, > > > using a web-based mail client is typically the worst way t

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums (was: Science list)

On 2007-11-30, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of the high-volume discussion lists I participate in are made > available as NNTP forums via news.gmane.org. I find that immeasurably > superior to any email interface, not least because I can use *any* > NNTP client to manage my interact

Re: Interfaces.

On 11/17/07, Duncan Booth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Benjamin wrote: >>> Python is has duck typing. "If it quacks like a duke, it's duck." >> >> How do dukes quack, exactly? :) > >They quack with a North-eastern Scottish accent of course. > >Th

Re: Interfaces.

Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benjamin wrote: >> Python is has duck typing. "If it quacks like a duke, it's duck." > > How do dukes quack, exactly? :) > > Regards, > They quack with a North-eastern Scottish accent of course. The following excerpt from "Scots: Practical Appr

Re: Interfaces.

Chris M wrote: > There's something to be said > about users with signatures longer than their messages... Just be happy I didn't spell out UCLA and DOE. James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com -- http://ma

Re: Interfaces.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would argue that interfaces/(similar feature) are necessary in > any modern language I wouldn't, but have a look at the Zope interfaces module. It seems to work similar to Java's interfaces. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #104: backup tape overwritten with copy of

Re: Interfaces.

Benjamin wrote: > Python is has duck typing. "If it quacks like a duke, it's duck." How do dukes quack, exactly? :) Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #290: The CPU has shifted, and become decentralized. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Interfaces.

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:13:17 -0800, Chris M wrote: >> > Status:Rejected >> >> Thank you for pointing out the obvious. But *truly* helpful would be >> insight into "While at some point I expect that Python will have >> interfaces." Look for that sentence under the "rejected" part. >> >> James >

Re: Interfaces.

On Nov 15, 8:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python > (last I can see ishttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0245/) No progress AFAIK for Python 2.x but Abstract Base Classes (ABCs) are pretty close to interface

Re: Interfaces.

On Nov 16, 12:26 am, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris M wrote: > > On Nov 15, 8:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > > >> Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python > >> (last I can see ishttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0

Re: Interfaces.

On Nov 15, 7:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python > (last I can see ishttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0245/) > > I would argue that interfaces/(similar feature) are necessary in any > modern languag

Re: Interfaces.

On Nov 15, 7:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would argue that interfaces/(similar feature) are necessary in any > modern language because they provide a way of separating the > specification from the implementation of a module. > First of all, being a newbie, let me welco

Re: Interfaces.

On Nov 16, 1:55 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > ... > I also had a new idea - when specifying the functionality of a module, > it would be nice to combine examples of valid behaviour / some sort of > testing. > ... Try the 'Pythonic' doctest module: http://en.wikipedia

Re: Interfaces.

Chris M wrote: > On Nov 15, 8:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python >> (last I can see ishttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0245/) >> >> I would argue that interfaces/(similar feature) are necessar

Re: Interfaces.

En Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:55:13 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python > (last I can see is http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0245/) You may be interested in PEP3119

Re: Interfaces.

On Nov 15, 8:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know what the state of progress with interfaces for python > (last I can see ishttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0245/) > > I would argue that interfaces/(similar feature) are necessary in any > modern languag