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Re: zero argument member functions versus properties

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2013-11-03 19:27 -0700
Subject Re: zero argument member functions versus properties
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ian said :
>
> " Whereas in Python, an attribute access is just
> compiled as an attribute access no matter what the underlying
> implementation of that access may end up being at run-time. "
>
> Really? Very nice. Have a good link handy for that? I'm compiling a codex of "why py is better?".

Sorry, no, but this fact should be apparent as a consequence of
Python's dynamicism.  Since the compiler generally can't predict what
the types of objects will be, the bytecode that it generates can't
depend on those types.

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zero argument member functions versus properties Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 23:09 -0700
  Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 23:11 -0700
  Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-03 06:52 +0000
  Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 00:19 -0700
  Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 01:06 -0700
    Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 01:53 -0700
  Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 13:23 -0800
    Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 19:27 -0700
  Re: zero argument member functions versus properties Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-04 15:14 -0800

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