Re: [Python-Dev] Lambda [was Re: PEP 8 modernisation]
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Lambda is still useful for the reason lambda has always been useful: it is > an expression, not a statement, so you can embed it directly where needed. are there some possibilities to change def to an expression? do I need to wait 'till python9k? yes, this brings to the possibility to write something like foo = def bar(): pass but at least should let the lambda to die in peace... -- ZeD ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Rename contextlib.ignored() to contextlib.ignore().
Cameron Simpson wrote: >> >polysemic: having more than one meaning; having multiple meanings >> >> IMHO a poor word to use. I'm a middle aged Brit who's never heard >> of it so people who have English as a second language have little or >> no chance :( > > IMO a fine word. New to me, but perfectly clear and memorable once > explained. > > People with English as a second language might do better than us > if they've cottoned onto the patterns arising from the root languages, > versus a native speaker basing things entirely on memory. just as a data point: polysemic (from my italian native language) it's pretty "self-explanatory": "poly-" it's a very common prefix for "many", and "semic" has the same root of "semantic". Btw the italian version (polisemia) it's pronounced almost the same, so it's "an easy one" to translate. -- By ZeD ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Python-Dev] PEG parser and raw strings
Hi. Just a question about the new PEG parser: will it support lone slash in raw strings? the fact that r'\' doesn't work as expected it's a strange exception to remember. ___ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/VSEB5O33WTNHBAJ63MC2WMZ772GJNMJC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
