On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:41:02 -0700, George Sakkis wrote: > For example I would be much less > opposed to len() being defined as, say, |x| if "|...|" was a valid > operator.
Arghh! No!!! |x| should be abs(x), not len(x). Just ask mathematicians and physicists. *wink* Actually there's a serious point there. There aren't that many unambiguous operators that are available on a standard keyboard that (nearly) everyone can agree on. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list