Thoughts on new grammar rules (PEP 284 in particular)

[David LeBlanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Alex Martelli
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:53
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Thoughts on new grammar rules (PEP 284 in particular)
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> > - Could make it too convenient to add obscure special-purpose
> >   features, leading to unnecessary bloat.
>
> Ay, there's the rub.  Multiple mutually incompatible bloatings
> as each group of clever people rushes off to invent their own
> clever sets of macros (<horror> <recoil/> </horror>).
>
>
> Alex

Then the bloatings harden and you have a perl ;-)

I just read GvR's comment on this PEP on python.org, and I agree with his
observation that having the controlling iteration variable buried amid the
expression could be confusing.

Dave LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA