On Feb 9, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Smith wrote: > I'm wondering if it's just "foolish consistency" (to quote a PEP 8) > that is calling for the dropping of <> in preference of only !=. > I've used the former since the beginning in everything from basic, > fortran, claris works, excel, gnumeric, and python. I tried to find > a rationale for the dropping--perhaps there is some other object > that will be represented (like an empty set). I'm sure there must > be some reason, but just want to put a vote in for keeping this > variety.
I've long advocated for keeping <> as I find it much more visually distinctive when reading code. -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
