On 11/18/19 4:53 PM, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2019, at 13:14, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> I wasn't aiming that at you, so much as pointing out how incredibly
>> tricky it is to pin down all these definitions. So tricky, in fact,
>> that it's almost completely not worth t
On Nov 18, 2019, at 13:14, Chris Angelico wrote:
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> I wasn't aiming that at you, so much as pointing out how incredibly
> tricky it is to pin down all these definitions. So tricky, in fact,
> that it's almost completely not worth trying to define at all (in my
> opinion).
90% of the time it’s o
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 8:04 AM Random832 wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 14:04, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > If by "constant" you mean that they are immutable, then maybe; there
> > aren't very many mutable callables (by comparison to the huge number
> > of functions). But you can't assume that
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 14:04, Chris Angelico wrote:
> If by "constant" you mean that they are immutable, then maybe; there
> aren't very many mutable callables (by comparison to the huge number
> of functions). But you can't assume that a function is as constant as
> a string literal.
I meant a
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 6:15 AM Andrew Barnert wrote:
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> On Nov 18, 2019, at 11:07, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >
> > If by "constant" you mean that they are immutable, then maybe; there
> > aren't very many mutable callables (by comparison to the huge number
> > of functions).
>
> Functions are mut
On Nov 18, 2019, at 11:07, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> If by "constant" you mean that they are immutable, then maybe; there
> aren't very many mutable callables (by comparison to the huge number
> of functions).
Functions are mutable. You can edit their __defaults__, or even replace their
__code_
On Nov 18, 2019, at 10:27, Random832 wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 13:00, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
>>def f(a, b): return a**(b+1)
>>g = partial(f, b==2)
>>h = lambda x: f(x, 2)
>>
>> Python can’t tell the difference between f, g, and h; they’re all
>> variables.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:26 AM Random832 wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 13:00, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
> > def f(a, b): return a**(b+1)
> > g = partial(f, b==2)
> > h = lambda x: f(x, 2)
> >
> > Python can’t tell the difference between f, g, and h; they’re all
> >
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 13:00, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
> def f(a, b): return a**(b+1)
> g = partial(f, b==2)
> h = lambda x: f(x, 2)
>
> Python can’t tell the difference between f, g, and h; they’re all
> variables. An IDE could keep track of the fact that f was bound
On Nov 18, 2019, at 06:05, tonycst...@gmail.com wrote:
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> Inability to visually identify a variable without looking at where its
> placed and/or how its used is sometimes brain damaging task when it comes to
> understanding code someone else wrote.
What’s the difference between a variable and
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