From: Matthew Moss <matthew.moss.coder@...>
Date: 2007-08-31T00:35:51+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] ID3 Tags (#136)

On 8/30/07, Matthew Moss <matthew.moss.coder@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/29/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> > On Aug 29, 2007, at 6:56 PM, Matthew Moss wrote:
> >
> > > I've been extremely busy lately, but I wanted to give this one a try.
> > > This solution is not complete as far as the problem specification
> > > goes, but my bit o' metaprogramming-type stuff works, though I'd have
> > > liked to push it further.
> >
> > This is a very clever solution.  I have one suggestion though�
> >
> > > class ID3
> > >
> > >    @@recLen = 0
> > >
> > >    def ID3.field(name, len, flags=[])
> >
> > Changing flags=[] to *flags gives a nicer interface, I think.
>
> True... I had thought of that this morning, though I also wanted to
> add a conversion parameter... so a lambda or block could be provided
> that would convert between the record's string data and an integer
> (e.g. the ID3 year).


And, of course, the whole field/record thingy should be separated out
into its own class/module/whatever.  I did see bit-struct out there,
and considered a solution using that, but it felt weird to be doing
things at a bit-level, so I just kept on with my own.