[Bf-committers] re: Python and layers

[Ken Hughes]

Alexander Ewering wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Campbell Barton wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Matt, this makes more sense now.
>> Im not sure what the solution should be..
>>
>> scn1.Layers= scn2.Layers should never raise an error IMHO. so maybe 
>> let the user effect the next 12 bits?
>>
>> That or allow the users to set it but  dont apply the setting of the 
>> last 12 bits.
>> that means after scn1.Layers != scn2.Layers  which could be confusing :/.
> 
> If there is a way to "recode" the "=", "==" and "!=" operators in python 
> (??),
> they should all be recoded (for the scn.Layers case) to affect *and*
> compare just the lower 20 bits. Then, all is well, and nothing in Blender
> needs to be modified, + no potential crasher functionality is exposed to
> Python coders.

So if the other bits are not "layer" bits, why not just mask what is 
return from the getter and similarly "OR" those bits in the setter?

Ken