Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'problem:': 0.07; 'pixel': 0.09; 'pixels': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'resolutions': 0.09; 'screen.': 0.09; 'jan': 0.12; '1pt': 0.16; '>on': 0.16; 'bars': 0.16; 'message-id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'screen,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'scroll': 0.24; 'text.': 0.24; 'url:home': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'function': 0.29; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'obscure': 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'subject:skip:i 10': 0.31; 'fri,': 0.33; 'screen': 0.34; 'maybe': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'definition': 0.35; 'editor': 0.35; 'late': 0.35; 'charset :us-ascii': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'needed': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'complete': 0.62; 'show': 0.63; 'side': 0.67; 'detail.': 0.68; '2015': 0.84; 'now...': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: lambdak: multi-line lambda implementation in native Python Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:47:38 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn References: <3d8068b3-7b63-43c0-bbf2-6111b2c73aa4@googlegroups.com> <87zj9kb2j0.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <54b7cd9f$0$13011$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-249-24-142.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1421369276 news.xs4all.nl 2883 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51653 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:83843 On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:50:00 +1100, Chris Angelico declaimed the following: >On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> >>> Corollary: Make sure the complete definition of every function can be >>> seen at once without scrolling. >> >> Problem: I like to view code on a smartphone with a 4x4 pixel screen, and >> the scroll bars obscure the text. >> >> Solution: Change the editor to a 1pt font. > >Problem: You have a smartphone with a 4x4 pixel screen. > BIG problem, considering that a late 70s DECWriter needed 5x7 pixels for glyphs in an 8x10 pixel character cell {as I recall...} Now... maybe a 4x4 POINT screen (1/16 x 1/16 inch, with the superfine resolutions on some tablets (257DPI) would manage (16x16 pixels) could show two glyphs side by side with some detail. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/