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> So the short answer is: yes, we are attached to it, we will miss it. No guarantees about throwing fits, though <wink>. Observe: me, throwing a fit.
by klyrs 5y ago
> So the short answer is: yes, we are attached to it, we will miss it. No
guarantees about throwing fits, though <wink>.
Observe: me, throwing a fit.
- carapace 5y agoI cursed and swore for twenty full minutes when they removed tuple unpacking from parameters. God that pissed me off. Sure, I was one of only a handful of people who ever used it, and it had it's warts, but it was so elegant.
- klyrs 5y ago>>> Hey, we don't like this feature anymore, is anybody using it?" >> Yes, we're using it" > Okay, it's gone" [rage] The one thing I agree with in the thread is the confusion of foo = lambda (x,y): x+y foo(1,2) #boom I think a better approach would be to raise warnings when sole parameters are parenthesized, unless written as foo = lambda (x,y),: x+y which is kinda gross, but cogent with the weirdness of singletons: a, = [1] b = (1,) c = 1, Alas, I've never had Guido's ear, so I shout into the void.