On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Jared Grubb <jared.grubb@gmail.com> wrote:
But I cant help feel that Andrew's idea didnt get the appreciation it should. (But hey, I'm biased because I like the idea :))
Jared
QUICK SUMMARY OF ANDREW'S EMAIL: (Not a proposal for syntax or naming)
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Sometimes a proposal fails because no good syntax can be found for it. The strongest objection to my PEP 463 on exception expressions is "I don't like the syntax", and to date nobody's come up with a syntax that everyone likes. (Four proposals in the PEP itself, all somewhat flawed.) In the above case, the proposal somewhat falls down for the same reason. Backticks have been, by BDFL fiat, banned from syntax; either that decision has to be reversed, or some other syntax has to be figured out. People will love or hate the proposal based on the tentative syntax, and the "grit on Tim's monitor" check, and such. ChrisA