-1 from me too. Mariatta Wijaya
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Nov 28, 2017, at 15:31, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Put me down for a strong -1. The proposal would occasionally save a > few keystokes but comes at the expense of giving Python a more Perlish look > and a more arcane feel. > > I am also -1. > > > One of the things I like about Python is that I can walk non-programmers > through the code and explain what it does. The examples in PEP 505 look > like a step in the wrong direction. They don't "look like Python" and make > me feel like I have to decrypt the code to figure-out what it does. > > I had occasional to speak with someone very involved in Rust development. > They have a process roughly similar to our PEPs. One of the things he told > me, which I found very interesting and have been mulling over for PEPs is, > they require a section in their specification discussion how any new > feature will be taught, both to new Rust programmers and experienced ones. > I love the emphasis on teachability. Sometimes I really miss that when > considering some of the PEPs and the features they introduce (look how hard > it is to teach asynchronous programming). > > Cheers, > -Barry > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ > mariatta.wijaya%40gmail.com > >
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