Re: why brackets commas in func calls can't be ommited? (maybe it couldbe PEP?)

2007-03-22 Thread Enrico 'Mc Osten' Franchi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I think in some situations Ruby allows to omit them, solving some of the impossibile problems shown in this thread. This makes Ruby a bit better than Python to create application-specific mini languages, that are quite useful in some situations. Yes. However,

Re: why brackets commas in func calls can't be ommited? (maybe it couldbe PEP?)

2007-03-21 Thread Terry Reedy
You asked two questions; the first others have asked also. Mathematicians sometimes use brackets to indicate function application and sometimes just juxtaposition. When they do the latter and when there are things other than functions (to exclude pure lambda calculus), then there are usually

Re: why brackets commas in func calls can't be ommited? (maybe it couldbe PEP?)

2007-03-21 Thread bearophileHUGS
I have nothing against brackets, and I think Python has used them for too much time to allow a so big change in its syntax. But I think in some situations Ruby allows to omit them, solving some of the impossibile problems shown in this thread. This makes Ruby a bit better than Python to create

Re: why brackets commas in func calls can't be ommited? (maybe it couldbe PEP?)

2007-03-21 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I have nothing against brackets, and I think Python has used them for too much time to allow a so big change in its syntax. But I think in some situations Ruby allows to omit them, iirc notice=please someone correct me if I say something wrong Yes. But in Ruby,