Re: context aware execution

Path	csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path	<torriem@gmail.com>
X-Original-To	python-list@python.org
Delivered-To	python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status	OK 0.020
X-Spam-Evidence	'H': 0.96; 'S': 0.00; 'json': 0.07; 'api': 0.09; 'windows,': 0.09; 'from:addr:torriem': 0.16; 'from:name:michael torrie': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'define': 0.20; 'sort': 0.21; 'lets': 0.22; 'external': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'environment.': 0.27; 'environment': 0.29; 'probably': 0.29; 'figure': 0.30; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'received:org': 0.36; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'object': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'discover': 0.72
X-Virus-Scanned	amavisd-new at torriefamily.org
Date	Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:27:44 -0700
From	Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
User-Agent	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:10.0.11) Gecko/20121115 Thunderbird/10.0.11
MIME-Version	1.0
To	python-list@python.org
Subject	Re: context aware execution
References	<CADPXuAgW5uMRhNomqbLmnXKMuhxb6WzSnFsEjJCp-MX1WZK9pw@mail.gmail.com> <CAPTjJmrddAk3BL2gKxd3PeSj3dmSDEGONszMkMJzuh_FyoFBZw@mail.gmail.com> <CADPXuAgcPMVB+NBu7g0GvaXL4tRyrLeZxB9uXO8cAR8VDcr4mg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To	<CADPXuAgcPMVB+NBu7g0GvaXL4tRyrLeZxB9uXO8cAR8VDcr4mg@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type	text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding	7bit
X-BeenThere	python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version	2.1.15
Precedence	list
List-Id	General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe	<http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive	<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post	<mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help	<mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe	<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.1080.1355963276.29569.python-list@python.org> (permalink)
Lines	8
NNTP-Posting-Host	2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace	1355963276 news.xs4all.nl 6984 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57366
X-Complaints-To	abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref	csiph.com comp.lang.python:35168

Show key headers only | View raw

On 12/19/2012 09:51 AM, Bart Thate wrote:
> Think of sending JSON over the wire, reconstruct an object with it and then
> let the object figure out what it can and cannot do in this external
> environment.

Probably the better way to do it is to formally define an API that lets
an object discover things about its environment and then broker calls
through it.  This is sort of what COM does on windows, or Corba.

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: context aware execution Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-12-19 17:27 -0700

csiph-web