[Python-Dev] PEP 340 -- loose ends

[Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra]

 [ Guido ]:
 > 1. Decide on a keyword to use, if any.

 Shouldn't be the other way around ?
 Decide to use *no* keyword, if that could be avoided. 

 In my large inexperience *no keyword* is much better (if feasible):
  
 1) No name conflicts with previous code: block, blocktemplate, whatever
 2) ':' is already a block (broader sense) indication
 3) Improved readbility:

    <<from PEP 340>>
    def locking_opening(lock, filename, mode="r"):
        block locking(lock):
            block opening(filename) as f:
                yield f

    <<from PEP 340>>
    def locking_opening(lock, filename, mode="r"):
        locking(lock):
            opening(filename) as f:
                yield f

 4) Better to make the language parser more complex than the language 
    exposed to end-users

 Following the PEP and this thread, it seems to me that __no keyword__
 is less preferable than __some keyword__(=='block' so far), and I wonder
 why is not the reverse. Perhaps I missed something ?

 Besides, I think this solves many issues AOP was trying to tackle in
 a much cleaner, elegant -- therefore pythonic -- way. Outstanding.

 best regards,
 Senra

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