On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 2:22 AM MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> >> > It > >> > does so by introducing a brand new operator ("?") which can be spelled > >> > in two forms ("a?.b" and "a?[b]") by using two adjacent symbols not > >> > interrupted by any space, which is an absolute first in the Python > >> > syntax > >> > >> It isn't a first. Many existing operators use two adjacent symbols not > >> interrupted by a space: > >> > >> e.g. == <= >= != ** // << >> += -= *= etc. > > > > You say 'a == b'. You can't say 'a ?. b' (not that it matters, it > > would be less intuitive anyway). You can't because '.?' is the only > > couple of contiguous symbols requiring "something" before and after > > with no spaces in between, and that's a first in the language. > > You _can_ say 'a ?. b', just as you _can_ say 'a . b'. You're right. It's so uncommon I forgot this style was valid. Anyway, as I said 'a ?. b' would be even worse the same way 'a . b' is worse than 'a.b'. The recommended and broadly used spelling would be 'a?.b'. -- Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/