BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > > > community has no interest in it. When I absolutely need macros, I will > > > > go elsewhere. > > I *like* 1..5 (ada, ruby) instead of range(5). If I had macros, I would > > have done it myself for *my* code.
> I think this example more is a symptom of a childish need to get > things your way than of a deficiency in Python. I thought I had enough asterisks in there to indicate that it is a preference that I will not be defending on rational grounds. I had a better argument before it in the same post. But you had to choose only the trivial one to dismiss me as childish. Didn't you? :-) > BTW, range(5) = 0..4 in Ada and Ruby. My bad. I usually write range(1, 5 + 1) to get 1..5. I could write range(1, 6). But I would like to see the upper bound explicitly. Of course, I could write a function to wrap that up. > You said "when I absolutely need macros" but none of your examples > demonstrate any "absolute need." I can't see your point. Did you miss the word - *WHEN*? I don't need them absolutely now. And I know, that I won't get them here. And just so you don't misinterpret, I don't call that a "deficiency". Just a mismatch between the personal and the community mindset. BTW, the recent language changes - decorators, conditional expressions and with statements are not absolute either. That did not stop them from being welcome additions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
