Clearly neither Alexander nor I are going to get the other to come 
around to our point of view.  Thats fine, I think we can disagree here, 
and I can adapt and change my class either way.

My question is how does this get resolved.  When I posted this idea to 
python-dev Guido suggested an approach. Nobody else expressed an opinion 
so after waiting a few days I took Guido's suggestion and implemented a 
patch.  Now there are objections.

Other than some mild frustration at having invested a fair amount of 
time in producing my first python patch, I am also in the middle of 
editing a textbook that will come out this fall.  my intention is to 
have this book be 3.0 compatible.  So it would be nice for me to have 
some clarity on the direction this will go.

Thanks,

Brad