[Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

[Paul Moore]

On 13/02/07, Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> wrote:
> The killer problem with backticks (to pick the syntax that currently
> causes this problem the most) is with webpages and with printed
> books with code. Sure, everyone can pick a font for coding that
> they can read, but that's not the only way you read code. This is
> my issue with the foo.(bar) syntax. The period is far far too small
> and easy to miss.

That's a good point, but I've been reading this thread in gmail
(proportional font) and quite often using the wrong glasses (:-)) and
I've found that the dot has never been that unreadable. Even where it
isn't very visible, it introduces an extra bit of space, which makes
me look again, and see what's going on.

In practice, I find that distinguishing {}, [] and () is harder...

Just a small data point.
Paul.

PS On the overall change, I'm +1, I don't have much opinion on exact
syntax. And I'd second the comments that the way the PEP has been
handled by Ben has been great - it's been very easy to follow what
could have been a really messy thread.