On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:50:41 -0800, George Sakkis wrote: > André Thieme wrote: > >> On the other hand can I see difficulties in adding macros to Python, >> or inventing a new object system, or adding new keywords without >> changing the sources of Python itself. > > Actually, an even bigger difficulty is the rejection of programmable > syntax by Guido, both for the near and distant future:
Why is that a difficulty? Like Guido, I think that's an ADVANTAGE. > "Programmable syntax is not in Python's future -- or at least it's not > for Python 3000. The problem IMO is that everybody will abuse it to > define their own language. And the problem with that is that it will > fracture the Python community because nobody can read each other's code > any more." > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-April/000286.html. I couldn't have said it better myself. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
