Mark this PEP as Final, as it is now in Python 2.1. Any future

elaborations (e.g. as described in the retained "Future Directions"
section), must be proposed in a new PEP.

pep-0232.txt

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ PEP: 232
 Title: Function Attributes
 Version: $Revision$
 Author: barry@digicool.com (Barry A. Warsaw)
-Status: Draft
+Status: Final
 Type: Standards Track
 Created: 02-Dec-2000
-Python-Version: 2.1 / 2.2
+Python-Version: 2.1
 Post-History: 20-Feb-2001
 
 
@@ -96,10 +96,15 @@ Other Uses
 
 Future Directions
 
-    - A previous version of this PEP (and the accompanying
-      implementation) allowed for both setter and getter of attributes
-      on unbound methods, and only getter on bound methods.  A number
-      of problems were discovered with this policy.
+    Here are a number of future directions to consider.  Any adoption
+    of these ideas would require a new PEP, which referenced this one,
+    and would have to be targeted at a Python version subsequent to
+    the 2.1 release.
+
+    - A previous version of this PEP allowed for both setter and
+      getter of attributes on unbound methods, and only getter on
+      bound methods.  A number of problems were discovered with this
+      policy.
 
       Because method attributes were stored in the underlying
       function, this caused several potentially surprising results:
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ Future Directions
       attributes on either -- both return the attribute value on the
       underlying function object.
 
-      The proposal for Python 2.2 is to implement setting (bound or
+      A future PEP might propose to implement setting (bound or
       unbound) method attributes by setting attributes on the instance
       or class, using special naming conventions.  I.e.
 
@@ -180,7 +185,8 @@ Future Directions
           pass
 
       The BDFL is currently against any such special syntactic support
-      for setting arbitrary function attributes.
+      for setting arbitrary function attributes.  Any syntax proposals
+      would have to be outlined in new PEPs.
 
 
 Dissenting Opinion
@@ -217,14 +223,8 @@ Dissenting Opinion
 
 Reference Implementation
 
-    The reference implementation is available on SourceForge as a
-    patch against the Python CVS tree (patch #103123).  This patch
-    doesn't include the regrtest module and output file.  Those are
-    available upon request.
-
-   http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=103123&group_id=5470
-
-    This patch has been applied and will become part of Python 2.1.
+    This PEP has been accepted and the implementation has been
+    integrated into Python 2.1.
 
 
 References