[Python-Dev] Py3k: Except clause syntax (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Mar 23 03:21:59 CET 2006

Tristan Seligmann wrote:

Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> [2006-03-21 13:20:53 +1200]: > Gareth McCaughan wrote: > > > > def f((x0,y0) as p0, (x1,y1) as p1):

For maximal utility, this would affect the calling signature of the function, too: it would now have keyword arguments named p0 and p1.

I still think it hurts readability of the header too much to be worth the benefit. To me it would seem much clearer all round to write

def f(p0, p1): x0, y0 = p0 x1, y1 = p1

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