On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 5:42 AM Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
> > I'm surprised by that description. I don't think it is just newcomers > > who either suggest or prefer plus over pipe, and I don't think that pipe > > is "more accurate". > > +1 (as one of the non-newcomers who prefers plus) > me too. frankly, the | is obscure to most of us. And it started as "bitwise or", and evokes the __or__ magic method -- so why are we all convinced that somehow it's inextricably linked to "set union"? And set union is a bit obscure as well -- I don't think that many people (newbies or not) would jump right to this logic: I need to put two dicts together That's kind of like a set union operation The set object uses | for union That's probably what dict uses -- I'll give that t try. Rather than: I need to put two dicts together I wonder if dicts support addition? I'll give that a try. so, I'm +1 on + +0 on | if | is implemented, I'll bet you dollars to donuts that it will get used far less than if + were used. (though some on this thread would think that's a good thing :-) ) -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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