[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] Python humor (original) (raw)
Tim Peters tim.peters at gmail.com
Mon Mar 6 19:17:48 CET 2006
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[Anna Ravenscroft]
I think this is a really good point. next() is supposed to get used, by coders, in regular code - so it shouldn't be next. I can understand the desire for both forms, although that seems it would clutter things up unnecessarily - particularly if the two do the same thing
[Phillip]
By this argument, we should be using ob.len() instead of len(ob), and ob.iter() instead of iter(ob).
[Oleg]
Yes, I think it'd be more consistent and more object-oriented. After all we've switched from string.split(x, y) to x.split(y)...
[Raymond Hettinger]
LOL, Shakespearean comedy on python-dev:
* Phillip mistates Anna's position and shoots down a straw-man. * Oleg agrees with a literal reading of Phillips note, missing the sarcasm entirely.
Then
- Raymond points out those foibles in a humorous way.
- Uncle Timmy replies in fashion that's hard to understand, although some suspect he's insinuating that all missed the point ;-)
How's everyone doing, BTW? I think I picked up the Texas Mystery Disease from Holger Krekel -- bed-ridden 20 hours Saturday, and most of Sunday, with dry cough and high fever. Or that's just a normal outcome of sprinting :-)
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