[Python-ideas] Dart-like method cascading operator in Python

Masklinn masklinn at masklinn.net
Fri Nov 22 00:09:31 CET 2013


On 2013-11-21, at 23:53 , Andrew Barnert <abarnert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 11:10, Masklinn <masklinn at masklinn.net> wrote:
>>> So if this is any part of the argument for the proposal, I'm -1.
>> 
>> As far as there’s any interest to cascading it’s that it’s terser
>> than sequencing calls with explicit receivers, and that it’s an
>> expression allowing inline initialisation sequences and not requiring
>> creating a binding.
> 
> Are you actually using the word “expression" in it's usual programming-language meaning here?

I fail to see what other sense there would be.


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