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On 14.07.2016 08:39, David Mertz wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:44 PM,
Steven D'Aprano <span dir="ltr"><<a
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suppose that reading λ has a *tiny* benefit of 1% over
"lambda"<br>
(for those who have learned what it means);<br>
- but typing it is (lets say) 50 times harder than typing
"lambda";<br>
- but we read code 50 times as often as we type it;<br>
- so the total benefit (50*1.01 - 50) is positive.</blockquote>
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I actually *do* think λ is a little bit more readable. And I
have no idea how to type it directly on my El Capitan system
with the ABC Extended keyboard. But I still get 100% of the
benefit in readability simply by using vim's conceal feature.
If I used a different editor I'd have to hope for a similar
feature (or program it myself), but this is purely a display
question. Similarly, I think syntax highlighting makes my
code much more readable, but I don't want colors for keywords
built into the language. That is, and should remain, a matter
of tooling not core language (I don't want <a
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Very good point. That now is basically the core argument against it
at least for me. So, -100 on the proposal from me. :)<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">FWIW, my conceal configuration is at
link I give in a moment. I've customized a bunch of special
stuff besides lambda, take it or leave it:</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnosis.cx/bin/.vim/after/syntax/python.vim">http://gnosis.cx/bin/.vim/after/syntax/python.vim</a></div>
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Nice thing. This could help those using lambda a lot (whatever
reason they might have to do so). I will redirect it to somebody
relying on vim heavily for Python development. Thanks. :)<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">-- <br>
<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Keeping
medicines from the bloodstreams of the sick; food <br>
from the bellies of the hungry; books from the hands of the
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uneducated; technology from the underdeveloped; and putting
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advocates of freedom in prisons. Intellectual property is<br>
to the 21st century what the slave trade was to the 16th.<br>
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