Re: [Rest2web-develop] ConfigObj Commit

[Nicola L. <ni...@te...>]

> But seeing as you *specify* what you want, in these cases you probably
> want to leave it as a string. See below about the fact that I'm not
> *really* suggesting *automatic* type conversion.
> 
> As you say in the other email - it's a bit like duck typing, the
> conversion is only done if you actually need (specify) it.

And that's as it should be. :-)


> I can write enough general case functions that will cover all the above
> examples - and anything else that you will need.

I can write something too sometimes, you know, even if it doesn't look like
that. ;-)


> According to YAGNI I shouldn't write anything you don't actually want -
> so give me your use cases and I'll work to those..... The above ones are
> obvious though I guess.....

You shouldn't write anything that *you* don't actually want. I'll take care
of my use cases in due course, your hands are full enough already. :-)

-- 
Nicola Larosa - ni...@te...

Adding things just because you can leads to monstrosities like Common LISP,
PL/I, Algol 68 and Perl 6. Adding features only when they add functionality
(or better yet, by removing restrictions) leads to jewels like Python,
Scheme and Eiffel. -- Mike Meyer, comp.lang.python, April 2005