[Python-Dev] Namespaces (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:55:25 -0500

On Fri, Apr 05, 2002, Jeremy Hylton wrote:

I don't think that setting or getting an attribute is a name binding operation.

Maybe yes and maybe no -- we'll argue about that later. But do you agree that it's still a binding operation of some sort? If so, what's the generic term for all possible things that can be bound from? (They bind to objects, of course.)

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