I love Python, and it is one of my 2 favorite
languages. I would suggest that Python steal some
aspects of the S language.
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1. Currently in Python
def foo(x,y): ...
assigns the name foo to a function object. Is this pythonic?
Why not use t
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Why? What benefit do you gain?
>
>> Define function objects as "function"s, let users put them where they
>> want to. Get rid of lambda, get rid of def, only use = for assignments.
>
> So you remove two keywords. That's a plus. But then you have to create a
> WHOLE lo
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> Yes. Python deliberately choosed to be a statement-based language.
>
>> Why not use the = operator like most other assignments?
>
> This dead horse has been beaten to hell and back.
>
> Note that as far as I'm concerned, I may like an expression-based
> Python-insp
So you like my ideas too!
>
> There are at least 2 posts a month by someone who decides that they
> want to re-wire Python syntax. Usually it's because of some particular
> idiom they're used to in another language,
And python does not use idioms from other languages?
> in other cases it's be
Carl Banks wrote:
>> "Consistency" improves my productivity because I don't have to keep
>> referring to the manual. Things work the way I expect them to work.
>
> Really, should we be taking suggestions from someone who needs a manual
> to recall the syntax of the def statement?
>
> What you
