[Python-Dev] PEP 409 - final?

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Feb 2 08:18:23 CET 2012


Tim Delaney wrote:
> On 2 February 2012 12:43, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 
>     Hmm, after writing up that list, the idea of using "__cause__ is
>     Ellipsis" (or even "__cause__ is ...")to mean "use __context__
>     instead" occurs to me. After all, "..." has the right connotations of
>     "fill this in from somewhere else", and since we really just want a
>     known sentinel object that isn't None and isn't a meaningful type like
>     the boolean singletons...
> 
> 
> It's cute yet seems appropriate ... I quite like it.


I find it very amusing, yet also appropriate -- I'm happy with it.

~Ethan~


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