[Python-ideas] Re: Python should take a lesson from APL: Walrus operator not needed

2019-11-09 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Martin Euredjian via Python-ideas writes: > Another interesting example is had in some of my work with real > time embedded systems.  There are plenty of cases where you are > doing things that are very tightly related to, for example, signals > coming into the processor though a pin; by this

[Python-ideas] Re: Python should take a lesson from APL: Walrus operator not needed

2019-11-09 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas writes: > On Nov 7, 2019, at 19:59, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > And I do the same with the operators that you disparagingly call > > "ASCII soup". I touch type them. What's the difference, other than > > that I can transfer my knowledge of typing English? >

[Python-ideas] Re: A bit change to create a matrix variable in Python as easy as MATLAB and Julia!

2019-11-09 Thread Todd
I am pretty sure this is a backwards incompatible change. It isn't likely syntax, but I think it is possible. I also don't like having to wait until the end of the expression to find out it isn't a list. And also seems like it would be easy to miss in a non-trivial case. How would you be parsed

[Python-ideas] Re: Suggest having a mechanism to distinguish import sources

2019-11-09 Thread Steve Barnes
From: Brett Cannon Sent: 08 November 2019 18:10 To: Ricky Teachey Cc: Dan Sommers <2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com>; python-ideas Subject: [Python-ideas] Re: Suggest having a mechanism to distinguish import sources On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 10:01 AM Ricky Teachey mailto:ri...@teachey.org