July 20, 2010
6:29 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:
Given the large number of Python users familiar with SQL compared to those familiar with Haskell, I think we'd do wise to pick a different keyword instead of 'where'. I can't think of one right now though. <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas>
Taking a cue from mathematics, how about "given"? c = sqrt(a*a + b*b) given: a = retrieve_a() b = retrieve_b() -- Daniel Stutzbach, Ph.D. President, Stutzbach Enterprises, LLC <http://stutzbachenterprises.com>