[Python-Dev] PEP 318 - generality of list; restrictions on elements

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 15:46, Skip Montanaro wrote:

> I guess this is an area where PEP 318 should be fleshed out a bit.  I don't
> see any reason it shouldn't be expanded to include semantics as well as
> syntax.  That might require a title change, but I don't think the semantics
> should be left unspecified, nor do I think the syntax and semantics should
> reside in separate PEPs.

I agree.  FWIW, I think the list of things inside the square brackets
should be simple identifiers, i.e. the names of callables that have been
defined elsewhere.  I'd prefer to keep them simple, meaning no lambdas
or list comprehensions.  But that's just me.

-Barry