Re: [Python-3000] Possible alternative lambda syntax?

2007-01-13 Thread Guido van Rossum
Yes, you're beating a dead horse. Everybody's been hinting at that but you don't seem to want to hear it. So, again, please stop this discussion while you have an ounce of credibility left. --Guido On 1/13/07, Adam Atlas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 13 Jan 2007, at 12.05, Greg Falcon wrote:

Re: [Python-3000] Possible alternative lambda syntax?

2007-01-13 Thread Adam Atlas
On 13 Jan 2007, at 12.05, Greg Falcon wrote: > On 1/13/07, Adam Atlas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [lambda ideas snipped] >> >> Any thoughts on either of these? > > Replying privately instead of on the mailing list, because I'm not > trying to call you out in public or anything like that. > > But

[Python-3000] PEP 3108 is ready for pronouncement

2007-01-13 Thread Brett Cannon
With the package reorganization having been killed from lack of interest I now consider PEP 3108 done and ready for Guido to tear it apart when he has the chance and inclination. =) -Brett ___ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.

Re: [Python-3000] possible new packages (PEP 3108)

2007-01-13 Thread Brett Cannon
On 1/10/07, Bill Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Otherwise I am removing the Open Issue and I will > > leave it up to someone else to write up a PEP and pitch it to the list > > and Guido. > > That would be my recommendation. > Lo and behold, that's what happened! =) -Brett __

[Python-3000] Compiling 2.x code under 3k

2007-01-13 Thread Tony Lownds
While compiling psyco under Python 3000, I ran into some issues that might be of interest. At the C level: statichere & staticforward caused the oddest error messages. The removal of Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_XXX touched the most places. I think it be possible to redefine PyType_HasFeature and all of t

Re: [Python-3000] Possible alternative lambda syntax?

2007-01-13 Thread Georg Brandl
tomer filiba schrieb: > [Adam Atlas] >> Imagine this as the syntax: (a, b: a+b) > > i tend to like this feature. Could you please move lambda syntax discussions to python-ideas and not let them swash back ever again? Georg ___ Python-3000 mailing list

Re: [Python-3000] Possible alternative lambda syntax?

2007-01-13 Thread tomer filiba
[Adam Atlas] > Imagine this as the syntax: (a, b: a+b) i tend to like this feature. i'm either +0 or +1, i can't decide at the moment. i always found lambda to be cumbersome and verbose. but i'm strictly -1 on having meaningful whitespace inside parenthesis, as your other idea suggested. when i t

Re: [Python-3000] Lazy strings (was Re: Py3k release schedule worries)

2007-01-13 Thread Larry Hastings
Guido van Rossum wrote: Experiment, see what results in the cleanest code in typical usage. I experimented, and surprise! it's the API we already have. Returning both "p" and "len" was only helpful for the ill-fated "options #3 and #4"; once that requirement dropped away, the best approach bec