Paul Rubin: > I like the suggestion, except it should be > port = int(sys.argv.get(1, '8000')) > one could imagine your example going wrong in a protocol where 0 is > a valid port number.
I think a high-level language like Python must have boolean operators (or and not) that behave in a much more clean way, with a simpler semantics. That is they have to return only true or false. Otherwise they are just a source of bugs and confusion. This is a change fit for Python 3. That trick with or/and may look good for Perl, but it's unfit for a language that tries to be clear, readable from people that don't know it much, and good to learn to program. Python has now the if-then expression too that is more clear. Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
