Tuple Format?

[Gene C]

I think I like this idea the best.

Thanks for all the feedback. Now who wants to try and convince Guido? lol

"Grant Edwards" <nobody at nowhere.nohow> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 13:39:14 GMT, Gene C <gchiaramonte at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Right, it was just a suggestion. I still think the list [] and dictionary
{}
> >formats are quite elegant. I only wish the tuple could be implemented in
a
> >similar manner. (Keeping the current format so tuples in the current
format
> >is not broken.)
> >
> >What about using the pipe to define tuples?
> >
> >Empty Tuple ||
> >1 Element Tuple |'a'|
> >3 Element Tuple |'a', 'b', 'c'|
>
> Same problem as with using < and >, it's aready a binary
> operator, so the syntax is a bit ambiguous.  One thought would
> be to use the single quotes for tuple delimiters (as in `a,b,c'
> or `x' or `'). This has the advantage (in my mind) of reminding
> one that tuples are like strings: immutable.
>
> Nope, the only reasonable solution is an entirely new set of
> delimiters for tuples.  Everybody please queue up on left to
> have your keyboards replaced.
>
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