updated pre-PEP: The create statement

[Steven Bethard]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Steven> Optional Extensions
>     Steven> ===================
> 
>     Steven> Remove the create keyword
>     Steven> -------------------------
> 
>     Steven> It might be possible to remove the create keyword so that such
>     Steven> statements would begin with the callable being called, e.g.::
> 
>     Steven>      namespace ns:
>     Steven>          badger = 42
>     Steven>          def spam():
>     Steven>              ...
> 
>     Steven>      interface C(...):
>     Steven>          ...
> 
>     Steven> However, this would probably add some complexity in the grammar
>     Steven> and so far I (Steven Bethard) have not been able to implement
>     Steven> the feature without the keyword.
> 
> Someone mentioned using "make" instead of "create".  In both my own code as
> well as the Python source, use of "make" is much less prevalent than
> "create".

Yep. The next version of the PEP will use "make" instead of "create".  I 
want to update the patch first though, and that takes a little bit longer.

> Even if you figure out a way to not use a keyword, I wouldn't do that.  I
> believe almost all Python statements begin with a keyword.  The one notable
> exception is the assignment statement.

That's been my feeling too, especially because without the keyword, 
looking up the construct in the documentation becomes much more difficult.

STeVe