[Python-ideas] Why is design-by-contracts not widely

[Rhodri James]

On 25/09/18 12:59, Hugh Fisher wrote:

Thank you for a very well thought out post, Hugh.  I completely agree. 
I just wanted to pull out one comment:

> Adding new syntax or semantics to a programming language very often adds
> accidental complexity.

This is, in my view, the main reason why the bar for adding new syntax 
to Python is and should be so high.  People advocating new syntax often 
remark that programmers can choose not to use it; they don't have to 
write their Python using the new syntax.  That is true as far as it 
goes.  However, programmers do have to *read* Python using the new 
syntax, so it does impact on them.  The additional accidental complexity 
isn't something you can just dismiss because not everyone will have to 
use it.

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd