[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 318 & Community Consensus

[David Goodger]

[Fredrik Lundh]
 > David Goodger wrote:
 >> It may confuse users who don't expect a block to contain bare
 >> expressions.
 >
 > blocks can contain bare expressions today, and such
 > expressions are evaluated, but the results are discarded.
 > plain function calls belong to this category, for example.

Corrected in CVS & on the web.

 >> On the other hand, the ``@`` syntax is bound to cause at least as
 >> much confusion.
 >
 > and that qualifies as an unbiased observation in exactly in what
 > way?

Perhaps in trying to balance the text I overshot.  Removed.

-- 
David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>
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