[Python-Dev] Pre-PEP: Allow Empty Subscript List Without Parentheses (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Jun 18 20:07:32 CEST 2006

On 6/17/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

Talin wrote: > The motivation, as I understand it, is one of mathematical consistency.

Noam told me in private email that this is not the motivation. Instead, he wants mutable values. This, in turn, he wants so he can catch modifications.

That cannot be the only motivation. He can have mutable values today without any new syntax. (Either he can use x[()] or he can use attribute assignment.)

But more to the point, this discussion is pointless, since I won't accept the syntax change.

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