On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Paul Moore
So having struggled to find objections to the colon syntax, I've reached a point where I think it's the best of the alternatives. "I can't find a good enough objection" isn't exactly a ringing endorsement, but it's the best I've got :-)
Hehe. That's one way to settle it! If anyone does have a strong objection, I do want to hear. Sometimes a thread like this starts piling off in one direction, and any voice going the other way may feel like yelling into a hurricane, but a lot of the decisions made in the PEP have been on a fairly light balance of evidence. One good shout in a different direction could change some of them. The 'as' clause is currently hanging in the balance, for instance: Pro: Consistency with try/except statement, functionality. Con: Introduces complexity, functionality isn't used. It's on the knife-edge. Currently it's in, but could go out more easily than a Pommie batsman. *dives for cover* ChrisA