I think making 'Ellipsis' a reserved word is too much. The analogy with non-reserved words like `int`, `str`, `map`, `print`, and so on, illustrate this, I think. I.e. redefining those is likely to cause bad things to happen, but we're consenting adults, and in the end they are just names.
However, I think improving the repr() of the Ellipsis object itself to remind users of the connection with its special literal `...` is a great idea. On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 3:27 PM André Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 4:17 PM Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 31.05.21 17:37, André Roberge пише: >> > For consistency, `Ellipsis` (the name) should **always** refer to the >> > same object that `...` refers to, so that both could not be assigned a >> > new value. >> >> Making Ellipsis a keyword will break ast.Ellipsis (and maybe some >> third-party libraries). >> > > I realized that after my initial post which is why I subsequently > suggested that its repr should perhaps be "Ellipsis (...)". But, I admit, > it is a rather obscure corner case that few, if any beginners would > encounter and be confused by the error message. > > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/4K47SCZYGHDPV4UUXNUQXSAK374STS43/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/KYIOVHZQOEKOA5BGZ35DYXBBGBJVDQT3/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- The dead increasingly dominate and strangle both the living and the not-yet born. Vampiric capital and undead corporate persons abuse the lives and control the thoughts of homo faber. Ideas, once born, become abortifacients against new conceptions.
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