Re: [Python-ideas] Null coalescing operator

: Disclaimer: I haven't followed all of this discussion, so some or all of the following may already have been expressed better (and perhaps refuted better still). On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 08:46 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: > [...] we need to agree on what even the right definition of ?. is. It's

[Python-ideas] Fwd: Any chance on (slowly) deprecating `eval` and `exec` as builtins?

: On 7 November 2017 at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: > I find it dubious to claim that these functions are dangerous to beginners. > The dangers are related to attacks on servers that are exposed to the > internet and beginners have no business running servers. I can't be

Re: [Python-ideas] A "local" pseudo-function

: On 28 April 2018 at 07:07, Tim Peters wrote: > [...] For that matter, I'd be fine too with shortening it to "let". In > fact, I prefer that! Thanks :-) If you really wanted to overcome objections that this looks too much like a function, you could spell it "$". I'm not

Re: [Python-ideas] PEP 572: Statement-Local Name Bindings, take three!

: On 25 March 2018 at 02:34, Guido van Rossum wrote: > [...] I think we need a short, crisp name for the new variable type. Disposables? -[]z. ___ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org