[Python-ideas] Possible method of distinguishing between set-literals, dict-literals, and odict-literals

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Gerald Britton wrote:
> ...and since the -100 is from Guido, you can basically forget it.  It
> won't happen.
> 
Unless he gets hit by a bus, or a drive-by shooting by Larry Wall. :-)

> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Greg Ewing<greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>> Aahz wrote:
>>
>>> Guido can vote; he can also Pronounce.  -100 is a shorthand idiom for
>>> "veto".
>>>
>>> (I know you were joking, but I figure there are probably people reading
>>> this who are not familiar with the Python development process or Guido's
>>> role in it.)
>> To further elucidate for those people, the +/-n numbers
>> are not really votes -- nobody is adding them up and
>> making a decision based solely on the total. They're
>> just an expression of opinion, so you sometimes see
>> things like -100 or -1000 to mean "I *really* don't
>> like this".
>>
>> --
>> Greg
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