[Python-ideas] "on" statement

[Terry Reedy]

On 4/1/2010 3:46 PM, Robert Madole wrote:
> I'm new to the list, so give me some time to grok why "new
> statement/keyword" is a Bad Idea. I'll refrain from the usual, "It's
> just a new statement, what's so bad about that" so you guys don't have
> to scold me. I suspect the reason relates to bloating the core language :D

Yes, plus any keyword we would like to add is almost surely already 
being using as an indentifier by some code, which would almost surely be 
broken.