Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!plix.pl!newsfeed1.plix.pl!217.153.128.51.MISMATCH!nf1.ipartners.pl!ipartners.pl!news2.ipartners.pl!not-for-mail From: "Waldek M." Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: python 3 constant Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:50:17 +0200 Organization: Mojito.pl Lines: 24 Message-ID: <1p7xpf3clbhgc.dlg@localhost.localdomain> References: <927fca1e-ca72-4d33-965c-70b812b83d50@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> <192j4fjo2gskg$.dlg@localhost.localdomain> <87y60tnhaa.fsf@benfinney.id.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.174.106.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news2.ipartners.pl 1308999009 63693 89.174.106.129 (25 Jun 2011 10:50:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ipartners.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Jun 2011 10:50:09 GMT X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 110623-0, 2011-06-23), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1pl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:8443 Dnia Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:00:06 +1000, Chris Angelico napisał(a): >> Yup, got the sarcasm, that's for sure. >> But your point was...? > > That if you want something, there's usually a way to get it. > Sometimes, giving someone what they want - or showing them how to get > it - makes it obvious to them whether or not they really want it. > > Chris Angelico Usually, it does. But presenting me with a fake and obviously-not-logical-and-useful version of constants didn't really say anything about why is having constants such a bad idea :-) Just like presenting me with a rotten apple doesn't prove anything general about that fruit. I'm not into endless/pointless advocacy; I'm really curious. And - as I've answered to someone else - I dont't *require* anyone to change anything in the language. I just miss the feature and can't really think of a sensible reason why it so wrong. Best regards, Waldek