Talin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My version of this is to add to Python the notion of a simple > old-fashioned subroutine - that is, a function with no arguments and no > additional scope, which can be referred to by name. For example:
I don't like the idea of an embedded subrutine for a few reasons. One of them is because you need to define the case -> sub mapping dictionaries in each pass, you are getting no improvement in speed (which is a motivating factor in this discussion). Even worse, the disconnect between case definition and dispatch makes it feel quite a bit like a modified label/goto proposal. The ultimate killer is that your proposed syntax (even using def) make this construct less readable than pretty much any if/elif/else chain I have ever seen. - Josiah _______________________________________________ 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
