> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:49:17 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!
> From: alexander.belopol...@gmail.com
> To: gregory.smi...@sympatico.ca
> CC: python-dev@python.org
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:53 PM, wrote:
> ..
> > So, ::name or &name or |name or whatever.
> >
I have no idea why my last post was a copy of the previous one. Webmail choking
on a hairball.
It was supposed to say:
===
Oops, :name does break things, e.g.
if x :return
So, ::name or &name or |name or whatever.
I'm very amused by all the jokes about turning python into perl
oops, :name does break things, e.g
if x :return
So, it could be ::name or |name or &name or !name or whatever.
From: gregory.smi...@sympatico.ca
To: python-dev@python.org
Subject: RE: [Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:24:27 +
I agree with the ide
I agree with the idea, but a far less radical change is needed to get the
desired result.
The basic idea is this: it should be possible to use any name as an identifier
in the syntax, including names
like 'while' and 'import'. But there is no need to mess up the entire language
to allow this
(e
