[Python-Dev] Re: Capabilities - published interfaces (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Mon Dec 22 14:56:32 EST 2003

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

"Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote in message news:20031220121942.GF1933 at lkcl.net...

if you "feed" access to class via a single function, you have a bottleneck again which can be replaced.

so, the proposal is simple: create an builtin function called getclass_ through which access to _class is made. I wonder if it would not be better to turn class into a property with a get function that conditionally gives out the real thing.

As much as it makes sense to say it, class is a property -- really a getset descriptor, but that's just because it's in C.

It would be a imple matter to add a call to PyEval_GetRestricted in object_get_class (not sure whether this is wise or helpful -- only been skimming this thread -- but it certainly ain't hard).

Cheers, mwh

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