Aug. 11, 2010
5:56 a.m.
Bruce Leban wrote:
In that case maybe there's a syntax (analogous to adding decorator syntax) that doesn't require new keywords. There's yield, yield from and cocall.
'yield from' was a happy accident -- there just happened to be two existing keywords that could be put together in a suggestive way. We don't get that lucky very often. The problem with general-purpose syntax extension hooks is that they don't usually allow you a syntax that's really well tailored for what you want to do. Typically you end up with something of a kludgy compromise.
Are there more?
Beats me. My crystal ball has been having reception problems for years. Really should get a new one. -- Greg