Address Barry's comments

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Antoine Pitrou 2011-11-19 00:43:54 +01:00
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@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ As the ``__name__`` attribute, the ``__qualname__`` attribute is computed
statically and it will not automatically follow rebinding.
Discussion
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Excluding the module name
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As ``__name__``, ``__qualname__`` doesn't include the module name. This
makes it independent of module aliasing and rebinding, and also allows to
compute it at compile time.
Reviving unbound methods
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Reviving unbound methods would only solve a fraction of the problems this
PEP solves, at a higher price (an additional object type and an additional
indirection, rather than an additional attribute).
Naming choice
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