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Re: Python declarative

From "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com>
Subject Re: Python declarative
Date 2014-01-26 08:03 +0200
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"Steven D'Aprano" <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:18:44 +0200, Frank Millman wrote:
>
>> I have realised that we unlikely to come to an agreement on this in the
>> near future, as our philosophies are completely different.
>>
>> You [Chris Angelo] have stated that your objective is to express as
>> much as possible in Python code.
>>
>> I have stated that my objective is to express as little as possible in
>> Python code.
>
> Interesting perspective.
>

[...]

I did not really want to continue this, but I have to respond to that.

There is a sub-context within which I made my statement.

Here is a quote from one of my earlier posts -

> Each form definition is stored as gzip'd XML in a database, and linked to 
> the
> menu system. There is just one python program that responds to the 
> selection
> of a menu option, retrieves the form from the database, unpacks it and 
> runs it.

I do not expect anyone to read or edit the XML - it is just a storage 
format. I am sure it could be done in JSON or YAML as well.

One objective is to make it easy for non-programmers to modify forms and 
create new ones. I showed a screenshot earlier that illustrated a 'button' 
definition.

Frank

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  Re: Python declarative Francesco Bochicchio <bieffe62@gmail.com> - 2014-01-17 06:22 -0800
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  Re: Python declarative sertorbe@gmail.com - 2014-01-19 02:27 -0800
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  Re: Python declarative Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-22 13:16 -0800
    Re: Python declarative Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-23 13:29 +1100
    Re: Python declarative Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-22 23:08 -0500
    Re: Python declarative "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-01-24 11:21 +0200
      Re: Python declarative Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 01:53 -0800
        Re: Python declarative "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-01-24 15:06 +0200
    Re: Python declarative Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 22:18 +1100
    Re: Python declarative "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-01-24 14:49 +0200
    Re: Python declarative Burak Arslan <burak.arslan@arskom.com.tr> - 2014-01-24 15:40 +0200
    Re: Python declarative Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-25 00:55 +1100
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      Re: Python declarative sertorbe@gmail.com - 2014-01-24 10:51 -0800
    Re: Python declarative "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-01-25 09:18 +0200
      Re: Python declarative Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-26 02:33 +0000
        Re: Python declarative Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-26 02:45 +0000
          Re: Python declarative Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-02 18:17 -0800
        Re: Python declarative Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-26 14:38 +1100
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                Re: Python declarative Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-01-26 06:36 -0800
          Re: Python declarative Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-26 12:05 +0000
        Re: Python declarative "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-01-26 08:03 +0200
          Re: Python declarative Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-26 12:21 +0000
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  Re: Python declarative Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 04:04 -0800

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