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  Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 16:18 +0000

#21756 — Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application

On 3/16/12 12:45 PM, Ray Song wrote:
> I confess i've indulged in Haskell and found
>      f a
> more readable than
>      f(a)
>
> And why aren't functions curried (partially applied function is another function which takes the rest arguments) by default?

Python isn't a strongly functional language. We just don't do partial function 
application all that frequently to make it a language feature. Leaving out an 
argument is a common enough mistake, though, and using curry-by-default would 
postpone the error and make for even more inscrutable error messages.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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