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Re: PyWart: Module access syntax

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2013-01-14 12:04 -0700
Subject Re: PyWart: Module access syntax
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.515.1358190311.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Because modules and objects are not the same and someone who is reading the source code NEEDS to know which "path members" are /modules/ and which "path members" are /objects/.  And he needs to know that very important information WITHOUT opening source files to find out.

What's more, if the purpose of the syntax is to distinguish modules
from non-modules, then the syntax "os.path" (which you have stated
would not change) would be misleading, because the "path" part is in
fact a module.  Your proposed syntax fails to even achieve its stated
goal.

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  Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-11 16:02 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 20:34 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 15:40 +1100
        Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 21:46 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 16:59 +1100
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-12 06:53 +0000
        Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 21:46 -0800
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        Re: PyWart: Module access syntax 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-01-12 16:02 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-12 06:45 +0000
        Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-13 21:22 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-14 17:34 +0000
            Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 23:07 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 11:51 -0700
            Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 23:49 -0800
              Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-15 19:08 +1100
            Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 23:49 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 12:04 -0700
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> - 2013-01-14 14:35 -0500
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 13:38 -0700
      Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 23:55 -0700
      Re: PyWart: Module access syntax alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 23:36 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Nicholas Cole <nicholas.cole@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 12:16 +0000

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