Boris Borcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josiah Carlson wrote: > > Invariably user X and Y would have different sets of changes that they > > want to use. Presumably, if the features were nontrivial, then they > > would no longer be able to exchange code because it would have been > > directed at a different 'version' of Python, whose syntax or semantics > > were different. > > Of course, and that's why in my initial post I was talking of transparent > reversible transforms and central control of "styles" through the standard. > Means not to fall into the trap you describe. Or else I would have asked for > macros ! Are you implying that /no/ measure of language variability can be > dealt > with by such means as standards-controlled reversible transforms ? I guess > not.
Regardless of the existance of reversable transforms, a user's ability to understand and/or maintain code is dependant on the syntax and semantics of the language. In allowing different language variants, one is changing the user-understood meaning of a block of code, which necessarily increses the burden of programming and maintenance. - 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
