[Python-Dev] '*' instead of 'yield'?

[Roman Suzi]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Tim Peters wrote:

>[Guido]
>> Of all the syntactic changes proposed on the newsgroup, by my estimate
>> less than 0.1% ever makes it into the language.
>
>Heh:  that shows how little you still read the newsgroup <0.9 wink>.  Note
>that PEP 255 recorded all of these variants suggested for "yield":
>
>       return 3 and continue
>       return and continue 3
>       return generating 3
>       continue return 3
>       return >> , 3
>       from generator return 3
>       return >> 3
>       return << 3
>       >> 3
>       << 3
>
>I suppose I should add
>
>       * 3

'*' looks right to be yield: like a hole after something got thru paper
;-)

I do not remember, but probably I also proposed:

        < 3

>to the list now.

Or, yes, and next step is to use '?' in place of 'print' ;-)

from __future__ import parrot

# must allow for such things:

= myfun(x, y, z):
  ? "how are you?"
  S = 0
  4 i <- x..y,z:
    S += i
  ** S

= mygen(x):
  4 k <- 1..x:
    * k

? myfun(1, 3, 5)
? mygen(20)

Another approach is lobby Python reserved words into Unicode.
(Like APL did, IIRC). Then they could be represented by nice
pictograms.

I think, yhis thread is not constructive any more, as 90%
of voices were AGAINST.

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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