2009/8/7 Kristján Valur Jónsson <krist...@ccpgames.com>: > Unless I am very much mistaken, this is the approach Ruby takes. > Everything is an expression. For example, the value of a block is the value > of > The last expression in the block. > > I've never understood the need to have a distinction betwen statements and > expressions, not when expressions can have side effects. It's like that > differentce between procedures and functions in pascal that only serves to > confuse
If you're interested in understanding it better, research Query-Command Separation (QCS), e.g. starting at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-query_separation and links therefrom. Alex _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
