[Python-Dev] PEP 215 redux: toward a simplified consensus? (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:29:21 -0600

Sorry about the first, fumbled reply...

BAW> To be clear, I think the ideal interface would be a graphical one,
BAW> with drag-n-drop icons for the textual placeholders.  This would
BAW> allow them to re-arrange the order of the placeholder, and it would
BAW> be obvious what is variable in your templates, but it wouldn't
BAW> allow them to change, remove, or add placeholders.

This places the onus back on the application programmer, not the language designer.

Skip