> Independently of that, changing assert to allow surrounding parentheses
> (similar to the name list in a from module import name-list style import
> statement) would also be convenient for longer expressions or error
> messages.
But that's already supported...
py> assert (1+1+1+1+1+1
... +1+1+1
> A reasonable conclusion, but needs better reasoning. One could
> certainly do an:
> assert_stmt::= "assert" (expression ["," expression])
I don't understand that change. Adding parentheses in the EBNF
merely adds grouping in the grammar; it doesn't actually change the
syntax.
P
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Eh, brain explosion from typing too late at night. The experiment I
> actually *meant* to try was:
>
> >>> x = range(0, 2**33, 2)
> >>> len(x)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "", line 1, in
> OverflowError:
Recently, various discussions about builtin range have come up in the
tracker that need to be brought to the attention of the general
developer pool:
First of all, should the length of range be completely constricted by
Py_ssize_t? (issue 2690) Since indexing already is constrained by
this, it wou
