Case Statements

[Mark Lawrence]

On 16/03/2016 15:27, Antoon Pardon wrote:
> Op 16-03-16 om 15:02 schreef Mark Lawrence:
>> On 16/03/2016 13:38, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>>> Op 16-03-16 om 12:07 schreef Mark Lawrence:
>>>>
>>>> Raise the item on the python-ideas mailing list for the umpteenth time
>>>> then, and see how far you get.
>>>
>>> I don't care enough. I do care about people using valid arguments.
>>>
>>
>> Arguments have been made for and against.  When the PEPs were rejected
>> are you saying that the arguments for acceptance were actually
>> stronger than the arguments for rejection?
>>
> No, I was just saying that your argument: "We've done without for 25
> years" is invalid, because that would imply python should no longer make
> any progress. Because any progress that will be made now, we've done
> without for 25 years. -- Antoon
>

So putting something into the language that we don't actually need is 
progress?  Hum, in my book that's just plain weird.

-- 
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what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence