[MERGE] Packs. Kthxbye.

Ian Clatworthy ian.clatworthy at internode.on.net
Fri Oct 19 00:37:51 BST 2007


John Arbash Meinel wrote:

> The only thing I don't like is that these functions are defined as regular
> class functions, but have 0 dependency on self. So it would be nice if they
> were @staticmethod so that you wouldn't have to instantiate a repository to
> test them.

I felt the same thing. I didn't raise it because I could see an argument
where the results might be dependent on a repository policy setting say.

> Though I believe you don't prefer staticmethods for some reason.

It's fair to say Rob and I have different views on static methods. Must
be my Eiffel/C++/Delphi/Java background but I do like them. :-)



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