On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Um, is this dogma? Wouldn't a switch statement also be a welcome > addition to the readability? I haven't had the time to follow this > thread (still catching up on my Google 50%) but I'm not sure I agree > with the idea that a switch should only exist for speedup.
I feel quite strongly that readability should be the primary motivator for just about any new syntax. Choosing an implementation that runs at a reasonable speed is also worthwhile consideration, but readability is where it starts, IMHO. -- ?!ng _______________________________________________ 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
