Optimizing syntax for space makes sense for "mathematical" notation since it's commonly written by hand, but putting space above readability in a programming language design feels like a skewmorphism.
On Fri, 11 May 2018 at 11:41 Jacco van Dorp <j.van.d...@deonet.nl> wrote: > I dont really like "given". > > If we compare: > > if m given m = re.match(stuff): > > to > > if m := re.match(stuff) > > then I count 4+(name_length) more tokens and 2 more spaces. Since I > believe := is perfectly clear, I don't see the reason for a far more > verbose syntax. > > That all said, I would still prefer: > > if re.match(stuff) as m: > > which is exactly equal to the := in line length and parallels with. > While that may -technically- be a different beast. > For beginners the difference is really irrelevant, and you can just > tell advanced people the full story(technically speaking the as in a > with statement isn't an expression assignment, it's a part of the with > statement, and it feeds in the value through the context manager > machinery before binding it. Similar for the except statement.). > > But I've kind of given up on "as" (so no need to reply on that bit). > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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