Re: Beware complexity

2005-03-14 Thread Ron
Philip Smith wrote: I wonder if anyone has any thoughts not on where Python should go but where it should stop? My feelings on this is, it's a problem of organization and documentation. Do both of these well, and things will be manageable. I would like to see a bit cleaner file organization fra

Re: Beware complexity

2005-03-13 Thread Brandon J. Van Every
Philip Smith wrote: > > Conventions on type conversion are just one example. Without using > strict coding conventions the richness of the language could, and > often did, result in ambiguity. In my experience too C++ has > defeated its own object (eg portability) - I've given up in many > cases

Re: Beware complexity

2005-03-13 Thread Harald Massa
Philip, more often than not, all needed was included in Python years ago. Especially: > I wonder if anyone has any thoughts not on where Python should go but > where it should stop? The answer is included within the standard library. On any Python command prompt type: >>>import this The Zen