Comments on Version 2, Draft Pep for Deprecating Builtins

[holger krekel]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 07:59:27AM +0000, Duncan Booth wrote:
> holger krekel <pyth at devel.trillke.net> wrote in
> news:mailman.1020100431.16386.python-list at python.org: 
> 
> > You really feel that these free floating strings with
> > no clear separations and lots of micro-management where
> > you dont't even know what does what and where the parts
> > start to float around and you ask yourself 
> > when the sentence will ever end 
> > 
> I didn't say that. The question was what was the best/shortest way to 
> replace the functions with list comprehensions. I answered the question. I 
> did not say anywhere that they were always better than the functional 
> alternative.

Citing from your initial posting:

> All of these replacements are big winners if they remove a use of the
> 'l' word. I don't think any of them lose in clarity even if there are no
> 'l's around.

regards,

    holger