As this is the behavior of C, I presume this behavior was consciously omitted in Python. Is there documentation of the original decision?
I look on this with the expectation of having a pre-processor. Thus I ask myself, why not just declare a macro for those who will use it? This is in essence how Objective-C works.
"Those who will use it." The "in favor" examples read to me (with my C-dev eyes) as already rather exotic. If a wide-spread use of Python already strays from Zen perhaps this is the interesting thing, the ideal vs living language. That walrus took some heat is a footnote, prompting interest in why now? why not then?
Another note I don't seem to find: van Rossum resigned as BDFL in 2018. I'd like to read thoughts about how this resignation impacted walrus. Some people seem to suggest walrus caused resignation, but I'm not seeing data to support this view. To what extent is walrus simply a stretching out, given Dad no longer does our driving?
Perhaps the story is idealistic youth gives way to practicality in deployment, peeling out as sheer pleasure. Who wants Peter Pan, still uses Python?
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Great article! Thank you
As this is the behavior of C, I presume this behavior was consciously omitted in Python. Is there documentation of the original decision?
I look on this with the expectation of having a pre-processor. Thus I ask myself, why not just declare a macro for those who will use it? This is in essence how Objective-C works.
"Those who will use it." The "in favor" examples read to me (with my C-dev eyes) as already rather exotic. If a wide-spread use of Python already strays from Zen perhaps this is the interesting thing, the ideal vs living language. That walrus took some heat is a footnote, prompting interest in why now? why not then?
Another note I don't seem to find: van Rossum resigned as BDFL in 2018. I'd like to read thoughts about how this resignation impacted walrus. Some people seem to suggest walrus caused resignation, but I'm not seeing data to support this view. To what extent is walrus simply a stretching out, given Dad no longer does our driving?
Perhaps the story is idealistic youth gives way to practicality in deployment, peeling out as sheer pleasure. Who wants Peter Pan, still uses Python?