Re: from future import pass_function

From	Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: from future import pass_function
Date	2012-07-25 23:30 -0400
Organization	University of Waterloo
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Steven D'Aprano  <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>What's the point of this?
 
Ross Ridge wrote:
> Remember everything you've said about why its a good thing the that
> print statement is now a function?  That.

Steven D'Aprano  <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>I can't believe I actually have to point this out explicitly, but pass is 
>not print. Apart from them both starting with the letter "P", they are 
>nothing alike. There are good reasons for making print a function, and 
>they don't apply to pass because pass doesn't do what print does.

No, they're very much alike.  That's why all your arguments for print
as function also apply just as well to pass a function.  Your arguments
had very little to do what what print actually did.

					Ross Ridge

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from future import pass_function Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-07-25 10:40 +0200
  Re: from future import pass_function Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de> - 2012-07-25 12:30 +0200
  Re: from future import pass_function Nicholas Cole <nicholas.cole@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 11:33 +0100
  Re: from future import pass_function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 07:02 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-25 11:33 +0000
    Re: from future import pass_function Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-07-25 21:42 -0400
      Re: from future import pass_function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-26 02:38 +0000
        Re: from future import pass_function Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-07-25 23:30 -0400
          Re: from future import pass_function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 13:53 +1000
            Re: from future import pass_function Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-07-26 00:03 -0400
              Re: from future import pass_function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-07-25 21:32 -0700
                Re: from future import pass_function John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-26 13:55 -0700
                Re: from future import pass_function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-07-26 14:23 -0700
                Re: from future import pass_function John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-26 15:20 -0700
                Re: from future import pass_function John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-26 15:20 -0700
                Re: from future import pass_function John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-26 13:55 -0700
              Re: from future import pass_function Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 08:43 +0100
          Re: from future import pass_function alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 21:20 -0700
        Re: from future import pass_function Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 22:09 -0700
        Re: from future import pass_function Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-07-26 08:59 +0200
          Re: from future import pass_function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-26 09:26 +0000
            Re: from future import pass_function Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-07-26 13:45 +0200
              Re: from future import pass_function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-26 15:21 +0000
                Re: from future import pass_function Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 12:55 -0400
                RE: from future import pass_function "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-07-26 17:19 +0000
                Re: from future import pass_function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-27 03:33 +1000
                Re: from future import pass_function Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-27 00:25 +0100
                Re: from future import pass_function Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-27 00:23 +0100
      Re: from future import pass_function alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 21:17 -0700
  Re: from future import pass_function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 02:05 +1000
    Re: from future import pass_function Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-07-26 08:39 +0200
      Re: from future import pass_function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-26 08:36 +0000
      Re: from future import pass_function Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-26 10:38 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-07-25 09:28 -0700
  Re: from future import pass_function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 12:48 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 14:17 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak@hrivnak.org> - 2012-07-26 01:20 -0400
    Re: from future import pass_function Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-07-26 08:42 +0200
      Re: from future import pass_function Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak@hrivnak.org> - 2012-07-26 17:15 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 08:50 +0100
    Re: from future import pass_function Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-07-27 08:39 +0200
  Re: from future import pass_function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 05:16 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 19:42 +1000
  Re: from future import pass_function Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 06:00 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 08:01 -0700
  Re: from future import pass_function Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-26 14:01 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-27 04:14 +1000
  Re: from future import pass_function John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-07-26 13:48 -0700
    Re: from future import pass_function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-26 15:18 -0600
    Re: from future import pass_function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-07-26 15:35 -0700
    Re: from future import pass_function Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-27 00:21 -0400
  Re: from future import pass_function Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak@hrivnak.org> - 2012-07-26 17:20 -0400

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