Re: [Python-3000] set literals

2006-07-17 Thread CM
On 7/17/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hm. Your objections seem to be purely from a performance tuning POV. Ithink that if we agree that API-wise this is an improvement (fewerthings to learn, set literals problem solved, and dicts grow someuseful new methods) we should make a decis

Re: [Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal

2007-03-16 Thread CM
On 3/15/07, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thomas Wouters schrieb: > > > On 3/15/07, *Raymond Hettinger* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > My worry focuses on new-timers and SyntaxErrors. The worst part of > the new user experience is encountering a Syn

Re: [Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal

2007-03-16 Thread CM
nguage, since the first letter of the radix name is easier to grok than an obscure third letter that doesn't even have the pronunciation excuse that 'x' carries in English. - C On 3/16/07, CM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/15/07, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal

2007-03-16 Thread CM
On 3/16/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Um, I like to know who's speaking. "CM", "monpublic", "C" don't mean much to me. Have we met? Do you have a real name? Dos anyone here know you? (Georg perhaps?) While in general this isn&#