On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What really matters is not the number of extra characters, but the
> number of keystrokes. On a typical keyboard, producing a '(' requires 2
> keystrokes (Shift + 9) and another 2 keystrokes for ')' (Shift + 0).
> Also, spacebar is a key in the home position of the thumb, while 9 and 0
> are on the top row of the weaker fingers (ring and little finger).
>
> All in all, the new syntax requires 4 keystrokes, none of which are home
> keys; compared with old syntax which requires 1 keystroke in thumb's
> home position.That's true, although a good IDE will automatically produce the closing bracket when you type the opening bracket. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
