On 7/8/06, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Calvin Spealman wrote:
> > Just throwing this out there, but I would love to see a complete
> > dropping of container literals from Python. That is why I proposed the
> > coercion syntax (ex: list from something) because it would allow
> > things like list(1, 2, 3) and we can already do dict(ten=10,
> > eleven=11), so what is the real need for literals as they are? With
> > some proper compiler optimization we can deduce if list, dict, and
> > such are in fact bound to the builtins we know, and build literals
> > from these expressions just the same, but I feel they seem much more
> > readable, and allow better addition of more literal compilations (set
> > literals are fixed then, for example). I know no one will like this,
> > but I have to make the idea known anyway.
>
> -1. List and dict displays are a great feature of the language. Why throw
> them out just because of purism?
>
> How would you spell {1: 2} with your syntax?dict(1=2) could be allowed, with additional syntax rules. > Georg > > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/ironfroggy%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
