On Feb 19, 11:12 pm, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes: > > >> If Python doesn’t distinguish between procedures and functions, why > >> should it distinguish between statements and expressions? > > > I don't see the connection between those two predicates. Why does the > > former matter when determining the “should” of the latter? > > Because s similar dichotomy exists between the two pairs. > > Procedure <= function not returning a value > Statement <= expression not returning a value
So if your language distinguishes between procedures and functions, it manifestly has to distinguish between statements and expressions, but there's no reason that the converse has to be true, expecially if an expression is a legal statement. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
