"Michael Tobis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <snip> > Since I'm very much a believer in Python as a beginner's language, that > doesn't satisfy me. "Declarations are impractical" would satisfy me, > but so far I'm not completely convinced of that. >
As has been pointed out, it's not a big deal for a programmer who's been there, done that. But the original posters example is a beginners trap for certain. *If* Python were a "beginners language", then it would be missing one of it's training wheels. Thomas Bartkus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list