[Python-Dev] PEP 326 (quick location possibility) (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Thu Jan 29 16:56:17 EST 2004


[Thomas Heller]

Well, then we should add "==" and "<>" also.

Alas, <> will be introduced as a deprecated spelling, despite Barry's protests.

I'm sure disambiguities in the grammar can be resolved somehow ;-)

>>> == == == True >>> <> <> <> False

I'm quite sure the last line should be True. <> compares not equal to everything, including itself, while == compares equal to everything. Then

<> == ==

might be a nice way to spell random.choice([True, False]); or maybe it should raise a new ParadoxError. We should leave something for Guido to decide here .



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