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[Antoon Pardon]

Op 16-03-16 om 18:24 schreef 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.

It can be yes. Look at decorators. They don't provide functionality
we wouldn't have without them. So we don't actually need them. Do
you argue that introducing them wasn't progress?

-- 
Antoon Pardon.