On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:13:53 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <steve-remove-t...@cybersource.com.au> writes: > >> But, honestly, is there anyone here, even the most heavy users of >> print, who would seriously expect that adding parentheses to print >> calls will do more than add a tiny fraction to the amount of typing >> effort already required to use Python? I suppose in principle those >> extra three key presses (shift-9 shift-0 vs space) could be the straw >> that breaks the camel's back, but I doubt it. > > There's also Fitt's Law to consider: the space bar is big and > easily-placed and hence easy to type in the middle of a stream of other > keystrokes. None of that is true for the parens.
This is true, but there's nothing unique to print about that. Personally, I think that the parentheses should be where the square brackets are, square brackets should be moved to where curly brackets are, and curly brackets moved to shift-9 and shift-0. But I don't care enough to remap my keyboard. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
