Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Re: Making List<->Array bridging transparent

[Peter M. <zig...@po...>]

On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 04:10 AM, bb...@ma... wrote:

> On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 09:42 AM, Peter Montagner wrote:
>> How is either method going to solve the splice problem if the splice 
>> code is trying to access the list directly? Did I understand that 
>> correctly?
>
> Python has been moving to using the types-- string, int, etc..-- as 
> inheritable classes for some time.   As such, you can do things like:
>
[snip]
>
> Or something like that... I haven't fully wrapped my head around this 
> stuff yet.

OK. Maybe I misunderstood. I'm think I'm clear now. So what you're 
saying is that the splice code will work for any list, although just 
implementing the methods is not enough?


> As much as I hate to limit our feature set, I feel it is absolutely 
> critical that PyObjC remain compatible with the Python distributed by 
> Apple.

Absolutely. That's why I asked the question.

Peter