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PEP: 294
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Title: Type Names in the types Module
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: oren at hishome.net (Oren Tirosh)
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Status: Draft
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Type: Standards track
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Created: 19-Jun-2002
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Python-Version: 2.3
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Post-History:
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Abstract
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This PEP proposes that symbols matching the type name should be
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added to the types module for all basic Python types in the types
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module:
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types.IntegerType -> types.int
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types.FunctionType -> types.function
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types.TracebackType -> types.traceback
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...
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The long capitalized names currently in the types module will be
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deprecated.
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With this change the types module can serve as a replacement for
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the new module. The new module shall be deprecated and listed in
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PEP 4.
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Rationale
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Using two sets of names for the same objects is redundant and
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confusing.
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In Python versions prior to 2.2 the symbols matching many type
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names were taken by the factory functions for those types. Now
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all basic types have been unified with their factory functions and
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therefore the type names are available to be consistently used to
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refer to the type object.
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Most types are accessible as either builtins or in the new module
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but some types such as traceback and generator are only accssible
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through the types module under names which do not match the type
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name. This PEP provides a uniform way to access all basic types
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under a single set of names.
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Specification
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The types module shall pass the following test:
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import types
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for t in vars(types).values():
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if type(t) is type:
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assert getattr(types, t.__name__) is t
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The types 'class', 'instance method' and 'dict-proxy' have already
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been renamed to the valid Python identifiers 'classobj',
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'instancemethod' and 'dictproxy', making this possible.
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Backward compatibility
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Because of their widespread use it is not planned to actually
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remove the long names from the types module in some future
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version. However, the long names should be changed in
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documentation and library sources to discourage their use in new
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code.
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Reference Implementation
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A reference implementation is available in SourceForge patch
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#569328: http://www.python.org/sf/569328
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Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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