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Ross Ridge wrote:
> Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Chris Angelico  <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Except that print / print() is executable. Execution proceeds through
>> your code, comes to a "print", and goes off to handle that, then comes
>> back to your code. But "pass" doesn't have code attached to it. Why
>> should it be a function?
> 
> For consistancy with print.  What it does doesn't matter any more than
> what print did mattered.

Of course what print did mattered.  `print` was not changed to `print()` 
because a function looks cooler; it was changed because it does stuff, 
and what it does could be changed with parameters, and overriding it 
with your own custom thingie was a useful thing to do.

What code does `pass` run?  When do we pass parameters to `pass`?   When 
do we need to override `pass`?

Answers:  None.  Never.  Still waiting for a reply from the OP for a use 
case.

How does that quote go?  "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of 
little minds"?  This definitely fits that category.

~Ethan~

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  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
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        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
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                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
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  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
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