Op 2005-11-04, Steve Holden schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Op 2005-11-04, Steve Holden schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [...] >>>I suppose ultimately I'm just more pragmatic than you. >> >> >> It has nothing to do with being more pragmatic. Being pragmatic >> is about how you handle things with real life projects. It has >> little to do with the degree in which you agree with the design >> of the tool you have to work with. I would say I am more pragmatic >> than most defenders of python, because when it comes done to >> do my work, I just use python as best as I can, while a lot >> of people here seem to think that every little criticism I have >> is enough to go and look for a different language. >> > No, being pragmatic is to do with accepting what is rather than wasting > time wishing it were otherwise,
Just accepting what is, is not pragmatic. Not much progress would have been made if we just accepted what is. > particularly when the "insane" behavior > was actually a deliberate design choice. Which is why it doesn't work > the same as non-local references in nested scopes. That b.a = b.a + 2 works as a result of a design choice, that I can accept. But IMO b.a += 2, working as it does, is more the result of earlier design and implementation decisions than it was a deliberate design decision. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
