PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Thu Feb 13 20:56:36 EST 2003


[Gareth McCaughan]
> ...
> I found no instance of => being used for anything other than
> "implies". I have seen it used to mean "evaluates to", though
> I've seen other symbols for that just as often. I've never
> seen it used to mean "is equivalent to", and I hope I never
> shall.

It's also universally used to mean "is parallel until it meets at a point
because both parts are getting pushed inward".  This is only in advanced
texts about parallel things that get pushed together, of course.

form-follows-function-ly y'rs  - tim






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