Steven D'Aprano <steve-remove-t...@cybersource.com.au> writes: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:13:53 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Steven D'Aprano <steve-remove-t...@cybersource.com.au> writes: > >> 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. > > This is true, but there's nothing unique to print about that.
Non sequitur. The issue is one of the *difference* being observed (from Python 2 to Python 3): between the use of spaces versus parens for delimiting an argument sequence. Merely counting keystrokes isn't enough, in light of Fitt's Law. > Personally, I think that the parentheses should be where the square > brackets are, square brackets should be moved to where curly brackets > are, and curly brackets moved to shift-9 and shift-0. But I don't care > enough to remap my keyboard. Right. I'm much more concerned about the position of my Ctrl key, to avoid hand injury from all the key chording done as a programmer. -- \ “Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are | `\ in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.” | _o__) —Ernestine Rose | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
