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test | 06/04/14 - 7:42 am | #

http://rafb.net/paste/results/ET...s/ ETk4Jv20.html
Joecode | 06/04/14 - 7:54 am | #

And *YES* my comments will be added. So you'll have to run and delete them or get creative and do better security.
Joecode | 06/04/14 - 7:56 am | #

I'm really worried that the core Python developers will just start adding cool stuff and features from other languages just to keep them from getting bored or wanting to be regarded as cool as the currently hyped language and we end up with another Perl.

Have there been any studies of programmer efficiency between Python versions? I believe that a novice programmer finds Python 2.5 a lot more cumbersome to use then 2.2. I find myself making a lot more subtle syntax/implementation choices with newer Python versions such as "return a generator or list", "list comprehension vs. a general for loop", "Will I need to cast the generator function to a list before manipulating the items?" etc.
With earlier Python versions I did not have to reflect on this. One could argue that the choice is up to me to use the new features but I find it very hard to resist as "it could make my code a little better/cooler".

That said I'm not at all against changes to the language syntax (and there has been a number of good ones) as long as they have this in the back of their heads:
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

Cheers
Fredrik | 06/04/14 - 1:31 pm | #