On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:49:27 -0500 acerimusdux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure though whether allowing both syntaxes would make things > more or less confusing. It might actually be helpful in some respects > for newcomers to realize that self.method(arg) is somewhat the same > as method(self, arg). [snip] A professor of mine once said something to the effect that in teaching it is not so important to *tell* people a lot but to *omit* as much as practically possible. This might be the single most wise thing I have ever heard. If you're a newbee and you know nothing of the language, and probably nothing about programming at all, having two possibilities will thoroughly confuse you. Only when you have a working(!) knowledge of one version will you be able to appreciate the other. Since in this case the other option has no practical benefits whatsoever (IMHO), there's absolutely no need for it. /W PS: I will state again that I do like the idea in itself, its just about 20 years too late for it. -- My real email address is constructed by swapping the domain with the recipient (local part). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
