Guido van Rossum wrote:
P.S. The points regarding non-local flow control in Joel Spolsky's latest Joel
on Software article (especially the links at the end) may have had something
to
do with my change of heart. . .
I'm a big fan of Joel. Care to share the specific URL for the article
you're
At 07:23 PM 5/13/2005 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote:
P.S. The points regarding non-local flow control in Joel Spolsky's
latest Joel
on Software article (especially the links at the end) may have had
something to
do with my change of heart. . .
I'm a big fan of
Here's another use case to think about.
Example 2: Replacing a File.
Suppose we want to reliably replace a file. We require that either:
(a) The file is completely replaced with the new contents;
or (b) the filesystem is unchanged and a meaningful exception is thrown.
We'd like to be
