1 Dec
2017
1 Dec
'17
3:24 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 1, 2017, at 05:31, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I'm more confused than ever. You seem to be arguing that Python functions CAN short-circuit their arguments and avoid evaluating them. Is that the case?
If this is merely about when the name "function" is looked up, then I don't see why that's relevant to the PEP.
What am I missing?
You're completely missing the context of the discussion, which was the supposed reason that a *new* function call operator, with the proposed syntax function?(args), that would short-circuit (based on the 'function' being None) could not be implemented. The whole thing doesn't make sense to me anyway, since a new operator could have its own sequence different from the existing one if necessary.