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Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements

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Date Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:40:23 +1100
Subject Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:37:46 AM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Rick Johnson wrote:
>> > IMO "Set Types" should only exists as a concequence of "freezing" an
>> > array,
>>
>> Sets are not frozen lists.
>
> Indeed. That wording was a bit clumsy on my part.
>
>> > and should have NO literal syntax available.
>
> I may have spoken too soon on this issue. My reasoning for /not/ having a literal set syntax was due to symbol congestion, however as i described in another post, the problem can be solved by literally "type declaring" the literal.

Or doing what you were pointing and laughing at Pike for, and using
two-symbol delimiters. You could even make it majorly logical:

list_ = [[ 1, 2, 3 ]]
tuple_ = ([ 1, 2, 3 ])
dict_ = [{ 1, 2, 3 }]
frozendict_ = ({ 1, 2, 3 })
set_ = [< 1, 2, 3 >]
frozenset_ = (< 1, 2, 3 >)

I'm not actually sure where I stand on that argument. Some of those
types are distinctly unusual (when would you use frozendict?), and may
well not need literal notation. But it is nice to have them all.

ChrisA

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Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 22:16 -0800
  Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 23:27 -0700
    Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 22:32 -0800
    Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 22:32 -0800
  Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-09 02:16 +1100
    Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 09:48 -0800
      Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-08 12:58 -0500
      Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 11:58 -0800
        Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 11:05 +1100
          Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 16:49 -0800
            Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 12:17 +1100
              Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 20:54 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 16:04 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 04:28 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 23:50 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 05:28 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-12 00:52 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 20:24 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 20:24 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 05:28 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 04:28 -0800
              Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 20:54 -0800
            Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 18:29 -0700
            Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 16:01 +1100
              Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 20:26 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 15:50 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 18:09 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 18:09 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-10 22:37 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-10 09:45 -0500
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2013-02-10 18:06 +0100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 04:18 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 23:40 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 05:13 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-12 00:35 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 20:00 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 20:00 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-11 17:06 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-12 16:55 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-12 09:48 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-13 08:24 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-12 18:43 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-12 18:43 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-02-15 13:12 -0700
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-16 11:12 +1100
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-12 09:48 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-11 17:06 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 05:13 -0800
                Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2013-02-15 21:09 +0200
              Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 20:26 -0800
          Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 16:49 -0800
        Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 18:06 -0700
          Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 22:25 -0800
          Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 22:25 -0800
      Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-09 14:16 +1100
        Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-02-09 15:36 -0500
      Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 21:12 -0800

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