[Dev] a poll: slightly different python syntax

[John Anderson]

I mildly prefer the class.classMethod syntax. In some cases I could 
imagine more than one classMethod to create an Item.

In your example below, it's unclear which parenthesis matches the one 
just before ".install(...

John

Alec Flett wrote:

>
> So pje and I are working on a more compact python syntax for defining 
> lots of items (like the 100+ it takes to make chandler's menus) Don't 
> worry, we're not getting rid of update(), just providing a more 
> compact syntax that does things like automatic itsName, parent/child 
> relationships, and so forth.
>
> we're looking at something like:
>
> Menu.template('FileMenu', _('File'),...
>      childrenBlocks=[
>      MenuItem.template('NewNote', _('New Note..'),...),
>      MenuItem.template(...
>      ]).install(parcel)
>
> One of the big bonuses being that you just do a single 
> .install(parcel) at the bottom of the template definition, and provide 
> your own specialized syntax for specific classes (for instance, Blocks 
> would always just take the first parameter as the blockName)
>
> Now the trick here is that we have a few options for 'wrapping' 
> classnames.
> For instance above you see '<blockname>.template(...)'. Other options 
> include:
>
>     * '<blockname>.make(...)' (the word 'make' being shorter than
>       'template' and clear that you're 'making' a block)
>     * t.<blockname>(...) where you'd be able to prefix <blockname>
>       with any old string, such as 't'
>
> Votes?
>
> Alec
>
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