Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!1.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail
From: Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Re: Suggestion: make sequence and map interfaces more similar
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:08:40 +0200
Lines: 16
Message-ID: <mailman.256.1459429722.28225.python-list@python.org>
References: <CABbU2U_DsSC=6d0HOwgGnzQZ0=r6U2sf_zOJP0U_w7_i0RrOKQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPTjJmqjgnDvzS7=_YRf+T78GYz7J26FzWGfwrygYLeq2E9FeA@mail.gmail.com> <CABbU2U9m-35UqK5KqRj7Y_oLdq_dgH3_EScLb4Sf3UNB4oCgmQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPTjJmp1x-5=gEwBB=n-kt6YeVd6OiN_BGh5tNoL7UPYNqKb8w@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.176.1459309120.28225.python-list@python.org> <56fb677f$0$11121$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> <lf5twjoo2w8.fsf@ling.helsinki.fi> <56fba7d3$0$1616$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <lf5h9fouumu.fsf@ling.helsinki.fi> <56fbc518$0$1593$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <mailman.203.1459343574.28225.python-list@python.org> <56fbf73d$0$1591$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <mailman.222.1459364926.28225.python-list@python.org> <56fc8e09$0$1600$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <mailman.240.1459410739.28225.python-list@python.org> <56fcfdc6$0$1612$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <56FD086F.2090301@rece.vub.ac.be> <CAPTjJmqTaZzE6+P66K7B5LFEo7bWBHhJrOEpWrJUPf7QWVSMSA@mail.gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de I+LMyEt8yBkCPcefapWOPglZkf0ffNUDxVKKaXCq3Qyg==
Return-Path: <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.063
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.87; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:134': 0.05; 'mess': 0.09; 'thread': 0.10; 'python': 0.10; 'accordingly.': 0.13; 'argument': 0.15; 'discuss.': 0.16; 'received:ac.be': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:interfaces': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'position:': 0.22; 'slightly': 0.23; 'examples': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'example': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'far,': 0.29; 'received:be': 0.30; 'knows': 0.32; "i'll": 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'instead': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; '(and': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'beyond': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'subject:more': 0.61; 'real': 0.62; 'strange': 0.63; 'personal': 0.63; 'different': 0.63; 'request.': 0.66; 'judge': 0.66; 'worth': 0.67; 'act': 0.67; 'yourself': 0.73; 'angelico:': 0.84; 'schreef': 0.84; 'toy': 0.84
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.6.0
In-Reply-To: <CAPTjJmqTaZzE6+P66K7B5LFEo7bWBHhJrOEpWrJUPf7QWVSMSA@mail.gmail.com>
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:106153

Op 31-03-16 om 13:57 schreef Chris Angelico:
> Okay. I'll put a slightly different position: Prove that your proposal
> is worth discussing by actually giving us an example that we can
> discuss. So far, this thread has had nothing but toy examples (and
> bogoexamples that prove nothing beyond that the author knows how to
> mess with Python - fun, but not a strong argument on either side).
> Give us some real meat to work with, instead of these drips of
> tantalizing blood.

What a strange request. Whether or not something is worth discussing
is a personal judgement. So there can be no proof of such a thing.
I would say: judge for yourself and act accordingly.

-- 
Antoon