List replication operator

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Fri May 25 11:27:56 EDT 2018


On Fri, 25 May 2018 13:58:03 +0100, bartc wrote:

> As for '@', if a variable name can come before it /and/ after it, and
> either or both can be dotted, wouldn't that cause it to be highlighted
> as an email address in many circumstances? Such as in code posted here.

Sure.

And x/y might be formatted as a file system pathname in many 
circumstances, and x<y<z might be formatted as an (unclosed) HTML or XML 
tag under many circumstances, and when I write __dunder__ methods my news 
client displays them as underlined.

Fortunately I don't write code in my news client. I either use a 
programmers text editor which correctly shows Python syntax, or I use a 
basic editor which doesn't show *any* formatting at all.

What do you use?

I think it is ludicrous to expect Python to eschew any syntax which is 
given a different meaning in some other language, markup or file format.




-- 
Steve




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