Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> added the comment: On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > However, the issue is one of definitions. Is the phrase "merely > syntactic sugar" misleading? In this case it makes promises that may not > be kept.
It's not misleading because in 99.99% of all cases (and 100% of all reasonable ones), they are the same. In fact, I would classify the fact that the function hasn't been assigned yet a implementation detail. _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4793> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com