[Python-Dev] Numeric life as I see it

2005-02-09 Thread Paul F. Dubois
Martin v. Löwis wrote: The PEP should list the options, include criteria for selection, and then propose a choice. People can then discuss whether the list of options is complete (if not, you need to extend it), whether the criteria are agreed (they might be not, and there might be difficult conse

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecating builtin id (and moving it to, sys())

2005-08-17 Thread Paul F. Dubois
-1 for this proposal from me. I use id some and therefore the change would break some of my code. Breaking existing code without some overwhelming reason is a very bad idea, in my opinion. The reason cited here, that the name is so natural that one is tempted to use it, applies to many builtins

Re: [Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0

2005-09-02 Thread Paul F. Dubois
Remove the print statementI laughed until my sides hurt. Hello? Try dating girls and talking to normal people, geek boys. We scientists still use these for debugging. We never 'move on' very far from the tutorial. The salient feature about print statements is that they live to be put in and