On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:42:28 +0100, rumours say that "Petr Prikryl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>Summary: In my opinion, the C-like prefix >increment and decrement operators (++i and --i) >should be marked as "syntax error". [snip of lots of explanations] I am +0 on this. However, I can imagine no *non-obscure* reasons[1] for someone to use ++ and -- as prefixes or postfixes[2], so I think that it's possible to modify the lexer or grammar (ain't sure) to make ++ and -- without any spaces in-between be a valid operator somehow throwing a SyntaxError. I have been bitten by this in the beginning[3], but OTOH it didn't last long. I am on the plus side of 0 just because of a couple of lines of the python Zen: Errors should never pass silently. (although it's only a logical error) In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. my 2e-2 euros [1] including overloaded operators and side-effects [2] "p++ - x" is valid python even if "p++" is not [3] at least Javascript and [ng]awk accept these operators -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
