Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I find it truly hateful, but definitely unnecessary.
>> TOOWTDI and all...
>
[snip]
>
> Even when people mean One Obvious and not Only One, it is still harmful
> because the emphasis is wrong. The emphasis is on the *restrictive
> nature* of a language which merely gives one obvious way of doing things.
Perhaps just the *perceived* emphasis is wrong? Let me elaborate...
My intent was only to indicate that I don't think we *gain* anything by
having two forms that are quite similar both syntactically and
semantically. Both [...] and list(...) use exactly the same syntax for
the inner expression[1]. Both use parentheses/brackets, so the inner
expression can be broken across multiple lines in the same ways. Both
produce the same result, a list created in the appropriate manner.
So why have both? That's all I meant by TOOWTDI.
FWIW, I've posted my arguments for removing the redundant [...]
expression in Python 3.0 at:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/Python3%2e0Suggestions#preview
STeVe
[1] Reminder: I'm *not* arguing for list literals to look like
list(...), only for list comprehensions to look that way.
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