Python's an object-based, highly dynamic, systems language. It's got a big set of builtins, a relatively large standard library, and is based around iteration a

Python's an object-based, highly dynamic, systems language. It's got a big set of builtins, a relatively large standard library, and is based around iteration and composition. It's not what I would consider a "little" or "fp" language. Sure, you can write pure, referentially-transparent units in Python, but sometimes you have to write things that set! attributes, and that's just a part of life. Overloading these operators on function objects really isn't the end of the world. It's not like these operators were being used for anything, and sometimes this kind of DSL-ish extension can be good. It's certainly more reasonable than the goto module, which uses horrid bytecode hax to get the job done. If you want this in the language, write to the python-ideas mailing list, and then draft a PEP if you get any support. Good luck!