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From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggestion: make sequence and map interfaces more similar
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On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:08 AM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> 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.

Plonk.

ChrisA