Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] Python humor

2006-03-06 Thread Alex Martelli
On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Tim Peters wrote: ... > How's everyone doing, BTW? Swimmingly, thanks! Too busy to breathe, or come to pycon:-(, but, happy as a lark. > I think I picked up the Texas Mystery > Disease from Holger Krekel -- bed-ridden 20 hours Saturday, and most > of Sunday, w

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] Python humor

2006-03-06 Thread Tim Peters
[Anna Ravenscroft] I think this is a really good point. next() is supposed to get used, by coders, in regular code - so it shouldn't be __next__. I can understand the desire for both forms, although that seems it would clutter things up unnecessarily - particularly if the two do