On 23 September 2017 at 03:15, Tim Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > But if they see a rare: > > x = float.fromhex("0x1.aaap-4") > > they can Google for "python fromhex" and find the docs themselves at > once. The odd method name makes it highly "discoverable", and I think > that's a feature for rare gimmicks with a small, specialized audience.
Given how often I've used "It's hard to search for magic syntax" as a design argument myself, I'm surprised I missed the fact it also applies in this case. Now that you've brought it up though, I think it's a very good point, and it's enough to switch me from +0 to -1. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [email protected] | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
