On Dec 16, 6:30 am, alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 16, 3:01 pm, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > And I would be most sorry to see % renamed to mod in Python. > > > "Hello, %s! My favourite number is %d." mod ("Fred",42) # This just > > looks wrong. > > Finally we can give this operator a more fitting name - I propose > 'inject' - and put an end to this insane desire to leverage off pre- > existing knowledge of other languages. > > Furthermore, I suggest that no two languages should ever have > identical semantics, just to avoid potential confusion. > > New concepts for all!
Dont get me started on that one. Its that I never work with strings... 'leverage of pre-existing knowledge'... I would hardly call the particular names of functions the knowledge about a language. The only argument that bears any weight with me is backwards compatibility with itself. Pseudo-backwards compatibility with other languages, I couldnt not care less for. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list