On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 07:36:33PM -0400, Juancarlo AƱez wrote:
Python already uses "in", which is used in other languages to introduce context.
Fortunately, we don't have to come up with syntax that works with other languages, only Python.
The statement structure of "with...as" seems desirable
But it's not a statement, its an expression.
just asking for a word that is not "with" or "given".
How about "antidisestablishmentarianism"? That's unlikely to be used in many programs, so we could make it a keyword. *wink* I jest, of course. But I don't think "with" reads well, and given doesn't really work for me either *as prose*. In my experience mathematicians put the given *before* the statement: Given a, b, c three sides of a triangle, then Area = sqrt(s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c)) where s = (a + b + c)/2 is the semi-perimeter of the triangle. For the record, that is almost exactly what I wrote for a student earlier today, and its not just me, it is very similar to the wording used on both Wolfram Mathworld and Wikipedia's pages on Heron's Formula. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeronsFormula.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron%27s_formula Putting "given" after the expression is backwards. -- Steve