[Python-ideas] How to respond to trolling (Guido van Rossum)

[Simon Lovell]

I feel I have to respond to this one.


More than half of what I suggested could have and should be implemented. 
In particular the truthiness of non-boolean data and the lack of a 
reasonable SQL syntax. Several other points have been discussed 
endlessly on the internet but without a satisfactory (IMO) answer being 
given. I don't know what is meant by some insults having been thrown in. 
Calling truthiness of non boolean data "Ugly" is an insult? It is ugly.


Yes, I should have double checked the chained assignment before posting 
and perhaps including some things which weren't changing added negative 
value.


Regarding this comment. 'I use vim, which is very respectable, thank 
you. You'd like me to use "EditPlus 2" or equivalent', I think you 
should familiarise yourself with the "map!" function in vi and vim - put 
it in your .exrc file or .vimrc (vim only). e.g. "map! if if ^M    ^Mendif".

Regarding the with function, to those not familiar with what I was 
referring to that is a construct in Delphi and some other languages 
which works like this:

ReallyLongFileDescriptor=open("file")
with ReallyLongFileDescriptor:
  x=readline()   // note the lack of "ReallyLongFileDescriptor."
  print x

Delphi is even worse in that you can add more than one prefix in your 
with statement.

Yes, you can put #endif at the end of every "if" statement etc. That 
requires a checker in the vein of the ccheck of yore to be enforced. 
These things aren't desirable.