Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > (I reopen the issue since it got a long new comment.)
Andrew specifically said, "I don't propose re-opening it". FWIW, the zen of python also says, "practicality beats purity". For most users, most of the time, the peephole optimizer is a net win and it encourages us to write clearer code like "x & (2 ** 32 - 1)" rather than "x & 4294967295". ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21074> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
