>> This is good thing because I can ignore what I don't need. I am finding that this is really not true for me. I find that if i use other folks code, collaborate, or get help from other folks i still have to know all the new constructs that i don't often use, and i really struggle with iterators and generators and some of the newer things and folks seem to have fallen in love with ridiculously complex list comprehensions. (i'll admit i love the list comprehensions too, but too a point)
Don't get me wrong, i LOVE Python, but since 2.2 or so the language has started to get some feature creep and is starting to evolve exponentially fast and while all that pre 2.2 code is really readable still, i see some stuff now that really really hurts my brain. We see less silly lambdas than we used to, and Python is more powerful than ever, but i think there has been a cost too. Python has become harder to read and *MUCH* harder to learn all of a sudden. Personally i would like to see the core Python language evolve more slowly and see work on packages, modules and DOCS!! but i am sure that is very much a minority opinion. I found the language additions of 2.3 and 2.4 really hard to absorb. flame away... -kp-- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
