[Doc-SIG] Some random thoughts
David Ascher
DavidA@ActiveState.com
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:26:22 -0800
> So perhaps what we need is a markup for code fragments (and
> I'd agree that an identifier could be seen as a special instance of a code
> fragment) and something else for genuine <code> markup.
Uh? What's non-genuine code markup?
> My first complaint
> about StructuredText is that there isn't a protocol for escaping
> character;
> if there is (and there *has* to be in my opinion. It's possibly
> the biggest
> single ommission at the moment), then the problem goes away.
Fine. How should that work?
> > Tibs tells me my habitual use of, e.g.
> >
> > try: val = dict[key]
> > except KeyError: val = default
> >
> > is unkind to other pythoneers.
>
> Yeah, that's fairly evil as is the whitespace abuse <wink>.
Especially because it should be spelled
val = dict.get(key, default)
=)
-david