On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:37:02 PM UTC+5:30, Peter Otten wrote: > Rustom Mody wrote:
> > Just noticed a small thing in which python does a bit better than haskell: > > $ ghci > > let (fine, fine) = (1,2) > > Prelude> (fine, fine) > > (1,2) > > In case its not apparent, the fi in the first fine is a ligature. > > Python just barfs: > Not Python 3: > Python 3.3.2+ (default, Feb 28 2014, 00:52:16) > [GCC 4.8.1] on linux > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> (fine, fine) = (1,2) > >>> (fine, fine) > (2, 2) > No copy-and-paste errors involved: > >>> eval("\ufb01ne") > 2 > >>> eval(b"fine".decode("ascii")) > 2 Aah! Thanks Peter (and Ned and Michael) — 2-3 confusion — my bad. I am confused about the tone however: You think this >>> (fine, fine) = (1,2) # and no issue about it is fine? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list