PATTERN-SIG, SIG for Idioms, Patterns, and Frameworks in Python

This list has been created to provide a forum for discussing issues
related to using design techniques and practices together with
Python. These concepts range from the small- scale programming idioms
and 'tricks' to medium-scale design patterns, usually comprising
entities of several classes, to large-scale designs based on
frameworks, often combining several patterns themselves. By doing that
we emphasize questions and issues, not to be learned from the study of
a programming language alone, but only from the interaction with its
users' experience and projects. We do believe that there is valuable
design experience to be communicated on several levels (idioms,
patterns, frameworks) and we want to see that happen here.

We are interested in what patterns have emerged within the Python
community, we are curious to see if these are similar to those
developed by others and we'd like you be aware that you probably are
already using patterns, but that it makes much sense to be aware about
them for your own benefit and for that of others. If you've been using
design patterns consciously, even better. We want to know about your
experience and talk about patterns from various sources like those of
the Gang-of- Four (GOF). Please share your experience with us!

Apart from discussing on this list, the PATTERN-SIG will collect and
collate common programming patterns, idioms, and tricks of the trade,
of general use to the Python community.  Its mission is to produce a
set of well-indexed Web pages that Python pro- grammars can use as
reference material for their own projects.  In order to do so, we will
use whatever tools seem appropriate to collaboratively develop the
material to be presented later.

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