On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:12 AM, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote: > Hi All, > > A colleague pointed me at Doug's excellent article here: > ...which made me a little sad, I suspect I'm not the only one who finds: > > a_dict = dict( > x = 1, > y = 2, > z = 3, > ... > ) > > ...easier to read than: > > a_dict = { > 'x':1, > 'y':2, > 'z':3, > ... > }
Hey, it makes me a little sad that dict breaks convention by allowing the use of unquoted characters (which everywhere else looks like variable names) just for a silly typing optimization. mark _______________________________________________ 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