On 7/27/10 9:02 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Therefore I think the LINQ approach, which (IIUC) converts an expression into a parse tree when certain syntax is encountered, and calls a built-in method with that parse tree, would be a fresh breath of air. No need deriding it just because Microsoft came up with it first.
I've occasionally wished that we could repurpose backticks for expression literals: expr = `x + y*z` assert isinstance(expr, ast.Expression) And triple backticks for blocks of statements: block = ``` try: frobnicate() except FrobError: print("Not on my watch!") ``` assert isinstance(block, ast.Module) Too bad backticks look like grit on Tim's monitor! -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco