[Python-ideas] Definition Symmetry

[Ben Finney]

Jason Keene <jasonkeene at gmail.com> writes:

> In a way they do the same thing, they both create an object
> (function/class) from a suite and assign it to the name given after the
> keyword (def/class).  Sure they do totally different things with the suite
> in creating the object, but in essence it's a name assignment.

In a way, ‘import’ and ‘break’ do the same thing, they trigger the
compiler to compile a particular set of code bytes. Sure the code bytes
do totally different things, but in essence it's a statement.

Less facetiously: You can blur your vision as much as you like to make
‘class’ and ‘def’ look similar, but that doesn't diminish the importance
of the distinctions you're ignoring.

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Ben Finney