Toby said: | The color method is similar in spirit to this approach, and I tend to | think trying to use any sensibly input might be preferable for a | library that is meant to be used beginners and children. So I think I | prefer this latter policy.
I had a go-around on the python-dev list about such ideas. One problem with being to lenient with allowable input is that this makes for sloppy thinking. Although I don't think allowing "1" or "slow" for a speed is bad, allowing a point to be represented as two discrete values rather than a tuple might not be a good idea: goto(1,2) vs goto((1,2)) or pt=1,2; goto(pt) #pt *is* a tuple The problem here is that the user/student isn't learning to distinguish between two single values and a single pair of values. Any thoughts? /chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "edupython" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/edupython -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
