+1 On Tue, 2021-06-01 at 05:46 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > 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/
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