"Phillip J. Eby" wrote:
Hey Jim, I'm in the midst of writing a paper on ASDF, and I want to properly credit the invention of the '__of__' protocol and its ExtensionClass implementation. I'm in the middle of a section where I'm explaining how __of__ plus wrappers is the world's simplest (and coolest) meta-object protocol for implementing acquisition, inheritance, and method-to-instance binding.
Currently I am referring to it as:
"a simple, yet powerful dynamic binding technique invented by computer scientist Jim Fulton (Digital Creations' Technical Director)"
Is this correct?
If you are looking for a reference I would use some think like: "The __of__ protocol was proposed by Jim Fulton and implemented in the ExtensionClass system [Fulton 96x] ... [Fulton 96x] Fulton, James L., Extension Classes, Python Extension Types Become Classes, http://www.digicool.com/releases/ExtensionClass/ExtensionClass.html, 1996. I happen to agree with you that __of__ an extremely useful protocol that is a natural extension of Python's method mechanism. I feel as though I've been a lone voice in the wilderness advocating it. Are you a member of the types-sig, http://www.python.org/sigs/types-sig/ ? That would be a good place to champion __of__. I think there's been some relevant discussion there, but I've been to busy with Zope to pay attention. :( Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Technical Director (540) 371-6909 Python Powered! Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.python.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.