[Zope] ZClass

Tom Deprez tom.deprez@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Tue, 02 Nov 1999 17:05:15 +0100


At 11:08 02/11/1999 -0500, Michel Pelletier wrote:
>Stephan Richter wrote:
>> 
>> > Why does Zope asks for a value to enter for a new property when you're
>> > making a class? I understand that you've to enter a value when you're
>> > making a Class instance? But while defining a class??? Is this meant as a
>> > default value??
>> Okay, the problem is that Python does not know about data types. You cannot
>> declare an"empty" (variable without value) variable in Python, since a
>> statement like 'int test' does not exist.I have heard from DC (someone
correct
>> me please if I am wrong) that they tried to convind Guido to put variable
>> declarations into the language without success.
>
>I can guarantee that's a rumor, the dynamic typing of Python is a good
>thing.
>
>-Michel


Ok, this has to be included in ZBook. 
Dody, can you include a part of this in the Phyton section 
Dody or Rik, can this also be included in the DTML section?

Thanks all, Tom.