Steven D'Aprano <steve-remove-t...@cybersource.com.au> writes: > But, honestly, is there anyone here, even the most heavy users of > print, who would seriously expect that adding parentheses to print > calls will do more than add a tiny fraction to the amount of typing > effort already required to use Python? I suppose in principle those > extra three key presses (shift-9 shift-0 vs space) could be the straw > that breaks the camel's back, but I doubt it.
There's also Fitt's Law to consider: the space bar is big and easily-placed and hence easy to type in the middle of a stream of other keystrokes. None of that is true for the parens. -- \ “I turned to speak to God/About the world's despair; But to | `\ make bad matters worse/I found God wasn't there.” —Robert Frost | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list