On Friday 07 December 2001 12:49 pm, Tavis Rudd wrote:
> Why not just go for only the assignment style and get rid of the old
> dictionary parsing method completely? �Transitioning an app from one
> to the other is a matter of a few minutes. �Keeping both around just
> makes the code more complex and brittle.
I don't think it's brittle or complex. The essence is:
if s.strip()[0]=='{':
dict = eval(s)
else:
dict = {}
exec s in dict
Even adding the comment detection would be easy.
In general, I'm pro-backwards-compatible, particularly when it is this
easy and convenient.
You'll feel more like me when you have various paid-projects lying
around and users with paid-projects who have been with you for more
than a year. :-)
I won't guarantee we'll always be backwards compatible, but we'll at
least make a moderate effort. I place just as much importance on
existing users as I do on cool new features.
-Chuck
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