On 9/12/06, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We could always rename raw_input() to input(). Just a thought. . . > > D'oh. Guido already said he doesn't like that idea :) > > > > FWIW, I think it is a good idea. If there is a little 2.x vs 3.0 > confusion, so be it. The use of input() function is already somewhat rare > (both because of infrequent use cases and because of the stern warnings > about eval's security issues). It is better to bite the bullet and move on > than it would be to avoid the most obvious name.
I agree ... "input" is perhaps the best name from a beginners point of view, and it is only a minor inconvenience for experienced programmers. Toby -- Dr. Toby Donaldson School of Computing Science Simon Fraser University (Surrey) _______________________________________________ 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
