@property simultaneous setter and getter

[Brian Bruggeman]

Is this something that would be pep-able?

https://gist.github.com/brianbruggeman/8061774

Thanks in advance.

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Is this something that would be pep-able?

I don't know. What is it? I'm sure your code is the most fabulous,
awesome and brilliant thing since Grace Hopper came up with FORmula
TRANslation back in the 1950s, but my browser has over eighty tabs open
at the moment, give me a reason why I ought to open one more.

https://gist.github.com/brianbruggeman/8061774

If you aren't willing or able to spend a sentence or three explaining
what your code does, what need it fulfils, and why it ought to be
included in Python, you're going to have real bad time trying to persuade
the hard-nosed, conservative core developers. Trust me, I know what I am
talking about, I am the author of a successful PEP:

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0450/

and that was for something which already had at least two of the most
respected core developers' support before I even started. So before you
go to the effort of writing a PEP, how about you try to justify your
proposal here?

 

[Mark Lawrence]

I don't know. What is it? I'm sure your code is the most fabulous,
awesome and brilliant thing since Grace Hopper came up with FORmula
TRANslation back in the 1950s, but my browser has over eighty tabs open
at the moment, give me a reason why I ought to open one more.

I was under the impression that she was more associated with COBOL but
never mind.

If you aren't willing or able to spend a sentence or three explaining
what your code does, what need it fulfils, and why it ought to be
included in Python, you're going to have real bad time trying to persuade
the hard-nosed, conservative core developers. Trust me, I know what I am
talking about, I am the author of a successful PEP:

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0450/

and that was for something which already had at least two of the most
respected core developers' support before I even started. So before you
go to the effort of writing a PEP, how about you try to justify your
proposal here?

Nail struck firmly on head I reckon.

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

I don't know. What is it? I'm sure your code is the most fabulous,
awesome and brilliant thing since Grace Hopper came up with FORmula
TRANslation back in the 1950s, but my browser has over eighty tabs open
at the moment, give me a reason why I ought to open one more.

As I recall, Grace Hopper was involved in COmmon Business Oriented
Language. FORTRAN credit goes to John Backus (the B in BNF notation)

 

[Terry Reedy]

On 21 Dec 2013 11:31:22 GMT, Steven D'Aprano

As I recall, Grace Hopper was involved in COmmon Business Oriented
Language.

Yes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_hopper

Somehow, I had the same impression as Steven.

FORTRAN credit goes to John Backus (the B in BNF notation)

He assembled and directed the team (at IBM, it appears).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Backus