On 15 April 2018 at 13:54, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> === Target first, 'from' keyword ===
>>
>> while (value from read_next_item()) is not None: # New
>> ...
>>
>> Pros:
>>
>> * avoids the syntactic ambiguity of "as"
>> * being target first provides an obvious distinction from the "as" keyword
>> * typically reads nicely as pseudocode
>> * "from" is already associated with a namebinding operation ("from
>> module import name")
>>
>> Cons:
>>
>> * I'm sure we'll think of some more, but all I have so far is that
>> the association with name binding is relatively weak and would need to
>> be learned
>>
>
> Cons: Syntactic ambiguity with "raise exc from otherexc", probably not
> serious.
Ah, I forgot about that usage. The keyword usage is at least somewhat
consistent, in that it's short for:
_tmp = exc
_exc.__cause__ from otherexc
raise exc
However, someone writing "raise (ExcType from otherexc)" could be
confusing, since it would end up re-raising "otherexc" instead of
wrapping it in a new ExcType instance. If "otherexc" was also an
ExcType instance, that would be a *really* subtle bug to try and
catch, so this would likely need the same kind of special casing as
was proposed for "as" (i.e. prohibiting the top level parentheses).
I also agree with Nathan that if you hadn't encountered from
expressions before, it would be reasonable to assume they were
semantically comparable to "target = next(expr)" rather than just
"target = expr".
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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