[Nipy-devel] attributes vs. traits

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

> For example, I think it is the case that most scientific programmers are using
> matplotlib as opposed to enthought's chaco.  The enthought team has certainly
> done some impressive work developing traits, but it would be good to know
> if there are any scientific projects using it.  I went through the
> google hits for
> "python traits" and they all seemed to be enthought generated content.

I think you are right that there are not many people using traits
outside Enthought.  As Fernando implied, one large benefit of traits
for Enthought, is that they can plug directly into their Envisage
environment, which is the tool they use for developing applications -
and this can be useful because of plugins such as TVTK.

> PS. As per Fernando's email, I will put a page together on the wiki and send an
> email to enthought-dev to get their feedback.

That would be a huge help.  I agree very much with you and Fernando
that we ought to start this discussion with the Enthought guys.

Luv,

Matthew