On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:28:35 -0800 (PST) alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 23, 1:48 am, Thomas Boell <tbo...@domain.invalid> wrote: > > I must say, that's bound to be confusing for anyone who knows any > > language other than Python (or none, even). Syntax like that is "an > > accident waiting to happen"... > > No, ignorantly expecting every language to conform to every other is > the pending accident. Using a keyword that has a well-understood meaning in just about every other programming language on the planet *and even in English*, redefining it to mean something completely different, and then making the syntax look like the original, well-understood meaning -- that's setting a trap out for users. The feature isn't bad, it's just very, very badly named. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
