[Python-Dev] New Features in Python 1.6

[gvwilson@nevex.com]

> >> On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> >> New Features in Python 1.6
> >> ==========================
> >> [lots 'n' lots]
> >>     tokens = "foo bar baz".split(" ")
> >>     tokens = " ".split("foo bar baz")
> >> [and Python guesses which to split on by studying the contents]
> 
> > Has anyone started working up a style guide that'll recommend when
> > to use these new methods, when to use the string module's calls,
> > etc.?  Ditto for the other changes --- where there are now two or
> > more ways of doing something, how do I (or my students) tell which
> > one is preferred?
> 
> Greg, you should pay real close attention to the date on Guido's msg.  
> It's quite a comment on the state of programming languages in general
> that this all reads sooooooo plausibly!

Well, you have to remember, I'm the guy who asked for "<" to be a legal
Python token :-).

Greg