> Was that really the intention? Because I was there when PEP 572 was > written, and I don't recall "beautiful one-liners" as one of the > justifying reasons. Use around if/while conditions was a strong > reason, and yes, that can save a line, but "beautiful one-liners" > hasn't generally been a justifying factor in any Python feature.
Never said about the intention, just stated that I see it as being a part of their construction. However, in the PEP you have referred and also as I remember reading python’s “what’s new”, list comprehensions and other 1-liners were close to half of all examples. > On 18 Jul 2023, at 00:04, Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 06:40, Dom Grigonis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We even got a new operator “:=“ to help us with those beautiful one-liners >> (or not) to move towards aesthetics and brevity. >> > > Was that really the intention? Because I was there when PEP 572 was > written, and I don't recall "beautiful one-liners" as one of the > justifying reasons. Use around if/while conditions was a strong > reason, and yes, that can save a line, but "beautiful one-liners" > hasn't generally been a justifying factor in any Python feature. > > ChrisA > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MJI5UNLOCJK4WTFBFNC2YFBE7PXHRAL7/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EIG4E2OCQONZVDOKJIABAQTPB44BJEIC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
