Class Variable Question
Andrew Dalke
dalke at acm.org
Tue Apr 10 11:34:59 EDT 2001
Robert Johnson wrote:
>>>"Ken Seehof" <kens at sightreader.com> wrote in message
>>>news:mailman.986858653.28960.python-list at python.org...
>
>>>You can always protect against certain bugs by reducing the
>>>expressiveness and flexibility of a language, but that's not always
>>>a good idea. For example, by removing the addition operator, we
>>>can prevent errors such as y = x+3 when we really mean y = x+2.
>
>This doesn't make sense. Getting rid of the addition operator does prevent
>y=x+3 errors but it also prevents what is intended: y=x+2. I am not sure
>this example demonstrates the point you are trying to make.
I took this in the same vein of
Q: how do I get rid of this cold?
A: Well, you could always chop your head off.
Andrew
dalke at acm.org
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