On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:43:04 -0300 Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > I think this is a very key point that the "this is bad" crowd is > overlooking. Even if this syntax turns out to not be that useful, abusing > the walrus operator can be fixed with a comment of "hard to follow; please > simplify" without teaching any new concepts or idioms
The same could be said of any language mis-feature. Do we want to claim that questionable semantics in Javascript and PHP are not a problem, because the bad constructs can simply be turned away in code review? That sounds like a modern re-phrasing of the old argument, """C is not dangerous in itself, it's only the fault of incompetent programmers""". Just replace "incompetent programmers" with "complacent reviewers"... > Another point is we live in a dictatorship by choice, and yet some people > seem very upset our dictator dictated in the end. Not sure what you mean with "by choice". When I arrived here, I certainly wasn't asked whether I wanted the place to be a dictatorship or not ;-) Granted, I did choose to come here, but not because of a personal appeal for dictatorship. One could claim that the qualities of Python are due to it being a dictatorship. I think it's impossible to answer that question rigorously, and all we're left with is our personal feelings and biases on the subject. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
