I strongly dislike Python 3

geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 30 17:21:32 EDT 2010


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve at remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:52:06 +1000, Lie Ryan wrote:
>
>> On 06/27/10 11:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>>> > Producing print function takes a little bit more effort than
>>>> > producing a print statement.
>>>
>>> (1) The main use-cases for print are quick (and usually dirty) scripts,
>>> interactive use, and as a debugging aid.
>>
>> That is precisely how the quick-and-dirty syntax of print statement can
>> be justified. While debugging, you'll need to be able to quickly add and
>> delete prints here and there, and the extra parens can quickly become
>> irritating.
>
> *rolls eyes*
>
> Not as irritating as people who complain about having to type parentheses.

http://www.xkcd.net/297/

Actually, I agree with this complaint though- it is much easier to type
spaces than parens.

Geremy Condra



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