3 Suggestions to Make Python Easier For Children
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Aug 2 19:14:46 EDT 2014
On 8/2/2014 4:03 AM, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> On Saturday, 2 August 2014 08:46:04 UTC+1, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 02/08/2014 07:45, Mark Summerfield wrote:
Summarizing my responses on the tracker...
>>> Suggestion #1: Make IDLE start in the user's home directory.
>>
>> Entirely agree. Please raise an enhancement request on the bug tracker
>> if there isn't already one.
>
> Done: http://bugs.python.org/issue22121
As modified to fit existing behavior, this is a good idea and something
will probably happen eventually.
>>> Suggestion #2: Make all the turtle examples begin "from turtle import *" so no leading turtle. is needed in the examples.
>>
>> I'm not so sure about this, but raise an enhancement request and see
>> what happens. Worst case it gets rejected, best case it gets accepted,
>> implemented and patch applied.
>
> Done: http://bugs.python.org/issue22122
I suggest that the existing doc should be clarified instead.
>>> Suggestion #3: Make object(key=value, ...) legal and equiv of types.SimpleNamespace(key=value, ...).
>>
>> Haven't the faintest idea and too lazy to find out :) I suggest follow
>> advice from #2.
>
> Done: http://bugs.python.org/issue22123
This idea would mask bugs and is not necessary for the goal of making
types.SimpleNamespace more accessible. It should have had more
discussion here or on python-ideas.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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