On Fri, Apr 29, 2005, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > Actually, I've just realized that I was misled by your argument into > thinking that the possibility of confusing a multi-line call and a block of > this sort is a problem. It's not, because template blocks can be viewed as > multi-line calls that just happen to include a block of code as one of the > arguments. So, mistaking one for the other when you're just skimming the > code and not looking at things like "as" or the ":", is really not > important.
Maybe. I'm not persuaded, but this inclines me toward agreeing with your position. > In the second place, the most important cue to understanding the behavior > of a template block is the template function itself; the bare syntax gives > it the most prominence. Blocks like 'synchronized(self):' should be > instantly comprehensible to Java programmers, for example, and 'retry(3):' > is also pretty self-explanatory. And so far, template function names and > signatures have been quite brief as well. This works IMO IFF Python is regarded as a language with user-defined syntactical structures. Guido has historically disagreed strongly with that philosophy; until and unless he reverses his opinion, this is precisely why the non-keyword version will continue to receive -1 from me. (As it happens, I agree with Guido, so if Guido wants to change, I'll probably argue until I see good reason. ;-) -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, a half-pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it." _______________________________________________ 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
