Re: [Pythius-developers] Project layout changed

[Frank T. <ft...@ne...>]

Juergen Hermann, at 04:35 +0100 on 2001-11-09, wrote:

   My original plan was to use "text-mode" (non-dynamic, source code
   level, static) aspects, i.e.

   	#if MODE
   	#code
   	#code
   	#endif MODE

   and remove/insert the "#" via that tool.

Ick.  We'll have to talk about this in the future when I get my stuff
ready.  Putting functionality in comments doesn't pass my smell test.
(It's kinda like Javadoc, but without the nice run-time-accessible
structure that Python strings give you).

   Still, it could be interesting for listing dynamic aspects it
   detects in the code; we'll see when you have you implementation
   ready.

A lot will depend upon how I actually decide to make the API available, I
guess.

FYI, it seems like the Beaudy hook is actually not the right way for me to
go about things.  For one, it requires users adding an metaclass instance
to their bases.  That is, modifying existing code; this goes against one
huge design goal of mine: to absolutely minimize the modifying of existing
code.  It destroys any hope of applying aspects to others' modules you are
using but can't edit.

However, of course, the Beaudy hook is nothing magic; it can be
implemented in a roundabout way, and actually, I think implementing in the
roundabout way I'm working on makes the whole thing a *lot* simpler to
comprehend.  It still uses metaclasses, but without the hook which makes
your mind go round-and-round.  Metaclasses are a simple concept.  The
Beaudy hook is just an evil hack for what should be something in the
Python language (defining metaclasses, etc).

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