% is not an operator [was Re: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax]

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:40:11 -0800, Eelco wrote:

> On 16 dec, 18:38, rusi <rustompm... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 16, 3:25 pm, Eelco <hoogendoorn.ee... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Pseudo-backwards compatibility with other languages, I couldnt not
>> > care less for.
>>
>> Double negations n Goedelian situations have interesting implications
>> (tho here its triple)
> 
> Heh. Well at least my extra (unintended) negation is semantically
> consistent with the actual english usage of the phrase, which omits the
> negation completely :). (I could care less)

Oh please. "I could care less" is not English. That's American.

Here in Australia, we follow the English practice of saying that we 
couldn't care less.


-- 
Steven