[Python-Dev] pipe syntax for sequential data (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Apr 13 17:26:40 EDT 2004

Maxim Krikun wrote:

I don't know if this idea was already explored before; hope this can be useful. For details and sample code please see link above.

As you can see from the responses you got so far, readership of python-dev is uncertain what to do with your message, which primarily originates from the fact that you did not indicate what you expect readership to do.

If you merely want to educate people to use your recipe, python-dev might be the wrong forum: readers of that list will quickly grasp your interesting approach, but may then chose to ignore it. It may be more educating to people who were unaware of ror before; you would reach a greater audience on news:comp.lang.python.

If you also want to release this technique as an actual library, you should find some packaging, and announce it to news:comp.lang.python.announce.

If you then also want this library to be included as a part of the standard Python distribution, you should write a PEP. You will probably find that people would complain about the ad-hoc list of filter objects you provide, their ad-hoc naming, and the relative youth of the entire project.

I personally find the approach entertaining, but likely will never use it in a real project, because it is too cute for my taste.

Regards, Martin

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