Istvan Albert wrote: > metaperl wrote: > > --> python -i > > >>> class = "algebra" > > File "<stdin>", line 1 > > class = "algebra" > > ^ > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Designing a syntax to avoid all possible newbie errors is impractical > because as soon as you are finished with one iteration the new newbies > will start making different kinds of errors...
You are missing the point: the point is that the above could be considered correct if the rules of Python were that an assignment statement takes IDENTIFIER '=' LVALUE Also "class" IDENTIFIER COLON could also be considered correct. > > Take solace in the fact that you've been immediately notifed of the > error while its fix: renaming pass to passwd is trivial ... Again in certain automatic mapping circumstances (ORMs being the most obvious, CSV to Python data another), it is not always convenient or desirable or semantically articulate to do so. > > i. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
