On 08/09/2023 22:19, Christopher Barker wrote:
On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 11:00 AM Barry Scott <[email protected]>
wrote:
I see no need for del to return anything, you already have the
reference in foo.
The times that foo is dropped at module level are rare enough to
not need special syntax.
I agree - using del is very rare in my code. The use case of passing a
name into a function (or somewhere else?) and then immediately
deleting it is rare indeed -- not worth new syntax.
-Chris
+1. The only time I can remember using del to delete a variable is
after creating a structure with a large memory footprint that is only
needed temporarily.
Best wishes
Rob Cliffe
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