micropython

docs/rejected.txt

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2009-05-22 Paul Boddie Removed the codedetails attribute from DataObject instances and from the structure descriptions. Added notes about argument checking for CheckFrame since the context needs to be verified where it is required. Made sure that the bool class is available since True and False are always available and their methods must also be accessible via the object table. Split various tests into separate programs with improved labelling.
     1 Namespace Definitions
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     3 
     4 Attributes can be redefined in modules and classes, but this eliminates much
     5 of the potential for optimisation. However, names of classes and functions
     6 could be restricted to only refer to the same kinds of objects within the same
     7 namespace. If redefinition were to occur, or if multiple possibilities were
     8 present, these restrictions could be moderated as follows:
     9 
    10   * Classes assigned to the same name could provide the union of their
    11     attributes. This would, however, cause a potential collision of attribute
    12     definitions such as methods.
    13 
    14   * Functions, if they share compatible signatures, could share parameter list
    15     definitions.
    16 
    17 It is easier, however, to regard multiply defined classes and functions as
    18 non-constant and to either disallow optimisations or to actually prevent the
    19 program describing them from compiling.