In message <1ecc71bf-54ab-45e6-a38a-d1861f092...@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, sjdevn...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Feb 20, 1:30 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> > wrote: > >> In message <op.u8at0suda8n...@gnudebst>, Rhodri James wrote: >> >> > In classic Pascal, a procedure was distinct from a function in that it >> > had no return value. The concept doesn't really apply in Python; there >> > are no procedures in that sense, since if a function terminates without >> > supplying an explicit return value it returns None. >> >> If Python doesn’t distinguish between procedures and functions, why >> should it distinguish between statements and expressions? > > Because the latter are different in Python (and in Ruby, and in most > modern languages), while the former aren't distinguished in Python or > Ruby or most modern languages? Primarily functional languages are the > main exception, but other than them it's pretty uncommon to find any > modern language that does distinguish procedures and functions, or one > that doesn't distinguished statements and expressions. > > You can certainly find exceptions, but distinguishing statements and > expressions is absolutely commonplace in modern languages, and > distinguishing functions and procedures is in the minority. So they are worth distinguishing where they are distinguished, except where they’re not? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
