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From: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:48:45 -0500
Subject: Re: all() is slow?
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> It states equivalence for two values _based on the name_.

I don't know what you mean. "Based on the name" doesn't mean anything
in particular to me in this context.

> So you're outright ignoring the comments that this behaviour is to
> make CPython more performant?

I don't see how I'm ignoring the comment. Yes, breaking the spec
improves performance. Is that a reason to not fix the spec, or
something?

Devin

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 9:50 PM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 4:28=C2=A0pm, Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > which implies that getattr(x, 'a!b') should be equivalent to x.a!b
>>
>> No, it does not. The documentation states equivalence for two
>> particular values
>
> It states equivalence for two values _based on the name_.
>
> "If the string is the name of one of the object=E2=80=99s attributes, the
> result is the value of that attribute. For example, getattr(x,
> 'foobar') is equivalent to x.foobar."
>
> The string 'a!b' is the name of the attribute, ergo getattr(x, 'a!b')
> _is_ x.a!b. If x.a!b isn't valid CPython, then etc.
>
>> CPython breaks that equivalence
>
> So you're outright ignoring the comments that this behaviour is to
> make CPython more performant?
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