[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Mon, 07 Oct 2002 19:05:11 -0400


> I've just had another idea:
> 
>   {2/3}
> 
> This can't be confused with a dict, because there's
> no ":" in it.

On the slight chance that you're serious, I'd like to reserve {...}
without colons for set notation, see PEP 218.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)