On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 19:10 -0500, Jim Jewett wrote:
> Logically, "<=" means the same as "< or ="
>
> <> does not mean the same as "< or >"; it might just mean that
> they aren't comparable. Whether that is a strong enough reason
> to remove it is another question.
Visually, "==" looks very sym
Smith asked:
> I'm wondering if it's just "foolish consistency" (to quote a PEP 8)
> that is calling for the dropping of <> in preference of only !=.
Logically, "<=" means the same as "< or ="
<> does not mean the same as "< or >"; it might just mean that
they aren't comparable. Whether that is
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 07:39:06AM -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> I've long advocated for keeping <> as I find it much more visually
> distinctive when reading code.
+1. And, two years ago, in his PyCon keynote, Guido forgot to say <> was
going away, so I think Barry and I are completely in our r
On Feb 9, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Smith wrote:
> I'm wondering if it's just "foolish consistency" (to quote a PEP 8)
> that is calling for the dropping of <> in preference of only !=.
> I've used the former since the beginning in everything from basic,
> fortran, claris works, excel, gnumeric, and
I'm wondering if it's just "foolish consistency" (to quote a PEP 8) that is
calling for the dropping of <> in preference of only !=. I've used the former
since the beginning in everything from basic, fortran, claris works, excel,
gnumeric, and python. I tried to find a rationale for the dropping