[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>>the thing that's in favour is "then-if-else", not "if-then-else". >>> >>>Sorry if I confused you, I though it was clear that I meant the >>>concept, not a specific syntactical implementation. >> >>yup, but if you care readability about, the words order appear in >>would to seem matter too. > > > Yes, order does matter. Which is why I chose the order I > did. Anyone familiar with programming (including Python > programmers) will understand what an "if-then-else" statement > and expression are. The term "then-if-else" will make sense > only to people who use Python and are familiar with the > twists and turns of the PEP-308 debate. Why would I choose > to intentionally restrict the audience of my post when there > is no need to? (That this is a Python newsgroup read by > Python users is not relevant. Other people read it too.) > > It is very interesting I think, because this is the core of my > complaint about Python. Python seems unwilling to adapt > to any unapproved styles, even when it could do so at > little cost. Like you, it prefers targeting a narrow(*) > audience willing to adopt the "one true programming style" > even when it could appeal to a wider audience. > Now, see, that's the thing. The more ways there are to write the same program, the harder any given program will be to understand.
This is indeed a fairly deliberate approach in the Python world, and contrasts with languages where readability is low because of the multiple different ways of expressing the same idea. > That you extend this Python philosophy even to english > and newsgroup posting is fascinating... > I think Fredrik was trying to make a point about the need to be accurate in discussing language features, but I could be wrong. > (*) I mean narrow in their view of what constitutes good > style, not narrow or small in numbers. > regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
