[Python-Dev] Classes that claim to be defined in builtin but aren't (original) (raw)
James Y Knight foom at fuhm.net
Tue Aug 10 00:14:12 CEST 2004
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There's a fair number of classes that claim they are defined in builtin, but do not actually appear there. For example:
def qual(clazz): ... return clazz.module + '.' + clazz.name ... qual(types.GeneratorType) 'builtin.generator' qual(types.FunctionType) 'builtin.function' qual(types.MethodType) 'builtin.instancemethod' qual(types.NoneType) 'builtin.NoneType' qual(types.GeneratorType) 'builtin.generator' builtin.generator AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'generator' [[[etc.]]]
IMO classes ought to actually appear in builtin if they claim they are defined there. Doing otherwise breaks reflection, as you have to add a special case for these class names to use the appropriate object from the types module instead. Thoughts? If it isn't desirable to have these names appear in builtin, perhaps their 'module' should be changed to another module where they are defined?
James
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