[SPAM: 10.000] Re: [Python-Dev] Re: new syntax for wrapping (PEP 318)

[Aahz]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2004, Greg Ewing wrote:
>
> To serve the function of being up-lookable, it really needs to be a
> new keyword, specific to this use, rather than re-using a generic one
> like "as" or "is". But I can't think of one that doesn't put undue
> emphasis on the mechanism, which I don't think would be helpful to
> either newbies or experienced users. Newbies don't want to be swamped
> with getting their brains around all the subtleties of how it works,
> and experienced users don't want to have to think about it all the
> time.
> 
> By the way, there are already instances of syntax that people
> frequently find difficult to look up, such as the * and ** arguments.
> Maybe we could do with some kind of "explain" tool that you could
> feed a snippet of code to and it would provide manual references
> to all the syntactic features it contained?

What's really needed is a formal reference containing informal writing.
IOW, someone looking up ``def`` ought to find the information zie needs,
but more colloquially than is used in the Lang Reg.  Making a start on
that has been on my plate for many moons, but I've never gotten enough
tuits....
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