[Python-ideas] Re: Percent notation for array and string literals, similar to Perl, Ruby

2019-11-24 Thread Rob Cliffe via Python-ideas
On 23/10/2019 23:34:16, Richard Musil wrote: Can we agree on the reply from Serhiy and close this discussion? The proposed change does not bring any advantage apart from few saved keystrokes and even that is questionable, because it makes the code more prone to misreading/misinterpretation.

[Python-ideas] Re: Percent notation for array and string literals, similar to Perl, Ruby

2019-11-24 Thread Kyle Stanley
> If you can get by with a single literal list of words, write it once. > ...if it's long enough to be annoying or becomes a maintenance burden, use the `split()` idiom. > ...if that's considered a "hack" or "bad form", then run it in the shell once and copy/paste the result. > ...if it might get m