Aaron Brady wrote:
On Dec 9, 8:28 am, MRAB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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In some languages (I think Delphi is one of them - it's been a while!)
some words which would normally be identifiers have a special meaning in
certain contexts, but the syntax precludes any ambiguity, and not in a
difficult way. "as" in Python was one of those.
I certainly wouldn't want something like PL/I, where "IF", "THEN" and
"ELSE" could be identifiers, so you could have code like:
IF IF = THEN THEN
THEN = ELSE;
ELSE
ELSE = IF;
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I_(programming_language).
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The following are semantically equivalent:
I certainly wouldn't want something like PL/I, where "IF", "THEN" and
"ELSE" could be identifiers.
I wouldn't want something like PL/I, where "IF", "THEN" and "ELSE"
could be identifiers.
That is, 'certainly' doesn't change the meaning of your statement
any. You wouldn't want it, but King George III didn't want the
American Revolution.
It's called emphasis.
You wouldn't want it. What does that mean for me (the generic
reader), and Python? What can I learn from that fact?
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