[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318 & Community Consensus (original) (raw)

David Goodger goodger at python.org
Mon Aug 30 18:05:42 CEST 2004


[Fredrik Lundh]

David Goodger wrote:

It may confuse users who don't expect a block to contain bare expressions.

blocks can contain bare expressions today, and such expressions are evaluated, but the results are discarded. plain function calls belong to this category, for example.

Corrected in CVS & on the web.

On the other hand, the @ syntax is bound to cause at least as much confusion.

and that qualifies as an unbiased observation in exactly in what way?

Perhaps in trying to balance the text I overshot. Removed.

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