[Python-Dev] Readability vs. Understanding (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 22:46:45 -0500

On Wed, Feb 05, 2003, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

Now, we're lucky since meta-classes or writing importers is not all that easy. With thunks the situation will be much like giving macros to Python programmers: you'll see a proliferation of new meta-constructs in all kinds of programs and in the end lose the maintainability argument which is still one of the strongest ones for using Python in the first place.

That's true only if we permit generalized thunks. I've been pushing for simplified thunks; nevertheless "thunk" is a useful term for the discussions we're having.

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