[Python-Dev] PEP 3144: IP Address Manipulation Library for the Python Standard Library (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Wed Aug 26 21:43:27 CEST 2009

Antoine Pitrou wrote:

Michael Foord <fuzzyman voidspace.org.uk> writes:

Really? Discussing the GoF design patterns by name seems to be prevalent amongst the programmers I know (yourself excluded of course...).

Ah? I still haven't understood what "Gang of Four" is supposed to be, however. Is it a design pattern?

The gang of four are the four folk who wrote the classic design patterns book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns_%28book%29

Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides.

Besides, saying "I use the strategy design pattern" doesn't tell a lot, while an ad hoc description is much more informational (witness Martin's explanation for example).

It's like those frameworks who have a class simply named "Factory" ;)

Well, depending on the circumstances it can convey some to no information. :-)

Michael

Regards

Antoine.

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