Daniel Fetchinson wrote: [ ... ] > Let me just point out that unsuspecting people (like me) might rely on > the whole expression to be evaluated and rely on exceptions being > raised if needed.
There are a lot of threads on comp.lang.python that mention beginners' possible reactions to language features, so I'll mention this paper relating to teaching programming: <http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/>. The early draft which I've read, <http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf>, references quite a lot of literature on what new programmers do, discusses a new test for programming aptitude. Mel. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
