Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:05:55 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > The compiler for a dynamic language like Python has very little > > absolute "no significant side-effect in these specific cases" > > guarantee of the kind you're assuming even in the cases you choose > > for contrast with the ones that *do* have significant > > side-effects. > > Yes, in general one might not be able to make those guarantees, but > still there are common cases where you can.
Perhaps. All my message was intended to show was that your message didn't contain any such cases. -- \ "If life deals you lemons, why not go kill someone with the | `\ lemons (maybe by shoving them down his throat)." -- Jack Handey | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
