Re: OT: dotted names (Was: Re: A Python Web Application Package and Format)
Jim Fulton <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Éric Araujo <[email protected]> wrote: > As an aside, I wonder why people use dot+colon notation instead of just > dots to reference callables. In distutils2 for example we resolve > dotted names to find command classes, command hooks and compilers. So > what’s the benefit, marginally easier parsing? An opportunity of using a colon is that it allows:: dotted.module.name:expression where expression may be more than just a name:: foo.bar:Bar() Jim -- Jim Fulton http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfulton _______________________________________________ Web-SIG mailing list [email protected] Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/gcpw-web-sig%40m.gmane.org