Python luddites (was Re: Type inference now simplicity)

Martijn Faassen m.faassen at vet.uu.nl
Sat Jul 29 13:25:32 EDT 2000


Bernhard Herzog <herzog at online.de> wrote:
[snip]
> I think we can reconcile both viewpoints, namely "new operators violate
> python philosophy" vs. "new operators are useful", by introducing just
> one new operator. This new operator guesses what the progammer wanted
> and is used like this:

> 	A ;;>> B

> This new operator is pronounced "wink-wink-nudge-nudge" or
> "do-whaddaye-mean-do-whaddaye-mean" (although this might be a tad too
> Perlish).

I think the 'grok' statement (considered for Python 3000) is much more
Pythonic:

if cant_figure_it_out_anymore:
    grok:
         well fix it
else:
    grok:
         also make it run faster

and so on.

Regards,

Martijn
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