On Jul 24, 6:08 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:09:00 +0200, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote: > > Stargaming wrote: > >> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:19:53 -0700, bearophileHUGS wrote: > > >>> While in a syntax like: > >>> for i in xrange(1_000_000): > >>> my eyes help me group them at once. > > >> Sounds like a good thing to be but the arbitrary positioning > >> doesnt make any sense. > > > Checking underscore positions would only add complexity. Why not > > just ignore them, no matter where they are? > > Underscores in numerics are UGLY. Why not take a leaf out of implicit > string concatenation and allow numeric literals to implicitly concatenate? > > Python already does: > "hello-" "world" => "hello-world" > > Propose: > 123 456 789 => 123456789 > 123.456 789 => 123.456789
So, spaces will no longer be delimiters? Won't that cause much wailing and gnashing of teeth? > > -- > Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
