Edward Elliott wrote: > Sure they can be abused. So can a thousand other language features. My > point is you can't teach good coding through syntax, and trying to causes > more problems than it solves.
I like the phrase: there are some languages that incentivates bad practices in programming; there is Python that doesn't. Some rigid syntax indeed makes you think one way -- and that's one of Python's motto, isn't it? "There's one right way to do it" -- but that will make your code more understandable and readable in the future. > I would argue the current system is in fact slightly worse, because people > will comment out code chunks anyway (either lots of #s or triple-quotes) > and are less likely to remove them when it's more work. But either way, > social pressure is infinitely more effective at cleaning up code than > comment syntax. Is it harder to remove "n" lines of code commented out with "#" than "n" lines of multiline commented code? How? The same question goes for triple quoted code. -- Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur." - Qualquer coisa dita em latim soa profundo. - Anything said in Latin sounds smart. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
