On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 11:42:23 AM PDT, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote: > 27.08.19 20:07, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas пише: >> Before I get into this, let me ask you a question. What does the j suffix >> give us? You can write complex numbers without it just fine: >> >> c = complex >> c(1, 2) >> >> And you can even write a j function trivially: >> >> def j(x): return complex(0, x) >> 1 + j(2) >> >> But would anyone ever write that when they can write it like this: >> >> 1 + 2j > > And it has its limitation. How would you write complex(-0.0, 1.0)?
And yet, despite that limitation, many people find it useful, and use it on a daily basis. Are you suggesting that Python would be better off without the `j` suffix because of that problem?
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