I'm an old Perl-hacker, and am trying to Dive in Python. I have some easy issues (Python 2.6) which probably can be answered in two seconds:
1. Why is it that I cannot use print in booleans?? e.g.: >>> True and print "It is true!" I found a nice work-around using eval(compile(.....,"<string>","exec"))... Seems ugly to this Perl Programmer -- certainly Python has something better? 2. How can I write a function, "def swap(x,y):..." so that "x = 3; y = 7; swap(x,y);" given x=7,y=3?? (I want to use Perl's Ref "\" operator, or C's &). (And if I cannot do this [other than creating an Int class], is this behavior limited to strings, tuples, and numbers) 3. Why might one want to store "strings" as "objects" in numpy arrays? (Maybe they wouldn't)? 4. Is there a way for me to make some function-definitions explicitly module-local? (Actually related to Q3 below: Is there a way to create an anonymous scope?) 5. Is there a way for me to introduce a indention-scoped variables in python? See for example: http://evanjones.ca/python-pitfall-scope.html 6. Is there a Python Checker that enforces Strunk and White and is bad English grammar anti-python? (Only half joking) http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ Thanks, W -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
