[Nick Coghlan] > Would 'suite' work as the keyword? > > Calling these things 'suite' statements would match the Python grammar,
Actually that's an argument *against* -- too confusing to have two things we call suite. > give an > obvious visual indicator through the use of a keyword, reduce any confusion > resulting from the differences between Python suites and Ruby blocks (since > the > names would now be different), There's no need for that; they are close enough most of the time any way. > and avoid confusion due to the multiple meanings > of the word 'block'. Actually, in Python that's always called a suite, not a block. (Though the reference manual defines "code block" as a compilation unit.) > And really, what PEP 340 creates is the ability to have user-defined suites to > complement the standard control structures. Give that suite and block are so close in "intuitive" meaning, if there were no convincing argument for either, I still like "block" much better -- perhaps because suite is the technical term used all over the grammar. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
