Alex Martelli wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > intuitive seems to be a very subjective matter, depends on once > > background etc :-) > > That's a strong point of Ruby, actually -- allowing an exclamation mark > at the end of a method name, which conventionally is always used to > indicate that the method is a mutator. So, you can have a.reverse [NOT > mutating a since no !] _and_ a.reverse! [mutating a]. Probably too much > of a change even for Python 3000, alas... but, it DOES make it obvious > when an object's getting mutated, and when not... > And I doubt if it should be added because of the history of python. As that would effectively mean changing the meaning of a function because of version, where old codes means differently for people who learn the new syntax.
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