spir:
> (Even reproduced "elif"
Python doesn't have the switch statement, so to write a switch you sometimes
use a sequence of if statements, in this case "elif" helps keep the code more
tidy:
x = 3
if x == 0:
pass
elif x = 1:
pass
else:
pass
> and kept the stupid ':' of Python ;-).
It comes from usability studies on the ABC language. If you are going to use a
Python-like syntax, then removing those ":" is stupid.
> "Parameters are constant in the procedure body. Their value cannot be changed
> because this allows the compiler to implement parameter passing in the most
> efficient way.
I have missed that part of the docs. What kind of "most efficient way"?
Bye,
bearophile
