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Thu Jul 22 17:37:19 CEST 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-July/102215.html

On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:54:58 +0100
Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> You raise a good point.  However, I'd rather explicitly signify names instead
> of keywords:
> 
> for $boo in $foo:
>     if $boo is $None:
>         print($hoo)
>     else:
>         return sorted($woo)
> 
> That also has the advantage of introducing a measure of much needed
> compatibility with industry-leading web programming languages.

Also, Python would gain much needed flexibility if we allowed indirect
name lookup using `$$foo`. Current abstractions are too poor compared
to best-of-breed OO languages such as PHP or Perl 5.

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