Explicit is better than implicit. Typing is cheap. Design is the hardest
part of development.
--
Thadeus
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Vidul Petrov <vidul.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
