I agree with Stefaan.
However the ':' before a variable name notation looks like the Ruby
symbols whose only purpose was improved performance (lightweight
strings) but lead inevitably to confusion (IMHO).
On Mar 4, 5:55 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> There are some new features in trunk:
>
> 1)
>
> I got tired of writing default='value',readable=False,writable=False
> etc.
>
> So:
>
> Field(':name') is the same as
> Field('name',readable=False,writable=False)
> Field('.name') is the same as
> Field('name',readable=True,writable=False)
> Field('name=value') is the same as Field('name',default='value')
>
> and combinations:
>
> Field(':name=value') is the same as
> Field('name',default='value',readable=True,writable=False)
>
> notice
>
> Field('name=') is the same as Field('name',default='')
>
> 2)
>
> db(db.table).select((db.table.field.length()+5).sum())
>
> note operators length(), +5, sum() can be combined in more ways than
> before.
