On Sunday 2005-11-13 17:43, Marc-Andre Lemburg wrote: [Noam Raphael:] > > The idea is to add a method called "dedent" to strings. It would do > > exactly what the current textwrap.indent function does.
[Marc-Andre:] > You are missing a point here: string methods were introduced > to make switching from plain 8-bit strings to Unicode easier. > > As such they are only needed in cases where an algorithm > has to work on the resp. internals differently or where direct > access to the internals makes a huge difference in terms > of performance. In a language that generally pays as much attention to practical usability as Python, it seems a pity to say (as you seem to be implying) that whether something is a string method or a function in (say) the "textwrap" module should be determined by internal implementation details. > > Writing multilined strings without spaces in the beginning of lines > > makes functions harder to read, since although the Python parser is > > happy with it, it breaks the visual indentation. > > This is really a minor compiler/parser issue and not one which > warrants adding another string method. Adding another string method seems easier, and a smaller change, than altering the compiler or parser. What's your point here? I think I must be missing something. -- g _______________________________________________ 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
