On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:40 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > > 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. >
Originally, the notation "..." could only be used inside a subscript, and anywhere else, you'd have to spell it "Ellipsis". Now that you can use "..." anywhere, would it be worth switching the repr to just be that? ChrisA _______________________________________________ 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/EK7DPA4ORNFAE3PVE44KPF7NAYO7B3P7/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
