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Subject:    [Python-ideas] Re: Percent notation for array and string literals, similar to Perl, Ruby
From:       Todd <toddrjen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-10-23 16:02:55
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On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 11:44 AM Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 2:39 AM Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 23.10.19 18:16, Steven D'Aprano =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5:
> > > The average word length in English is five characters. That means tha=
t
> > > in a list of typical English words, more than a third of the expressi=
on
> > > is made up of the quotes and commas. In the example you give, there a=
re
> > > twelve characters in the words themselves and eight characters worth =
of
> > > boilerplate surrounding them (quotes and commas, not including the
> > > spaces or brackets).
> >
> > This would be a good argument if Python be a write-only language.
>
> I'm pretty sure the character counts are the same whether you're
> reading or writing. If anything, writing is based on keystrokes, but
> reading is based on characters.
>
>
Reading really isn't based on characters.  People generally read words as a
single unit rather than reading each character individually.

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct \
23, 2019 at 11:44 AM Chris Angelico &lt;<a \
href="mailto:rosuav@gmail.com">rosuav@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 2:39 AM Serhiy Storchaka \
&lt;<a href="mailto:storchaka@gmail.com" target="_blank">storchaka@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br> &gt;<br>
&gt; 23.10.19 18:16, Steven D&#39;Aprano пише:<br>
&gt; &gt; The average word length in English is five characters. That means that<br>
&gt; &gt; in a list of typical English words, more than a third of the expression<br>
&gt; &gt; is made up of the quotes and commas. In the example you give, there are<br>
&gt; &gt; twelve characters in the words themselves and eight characters worth of<br>
&gt; &gt; boilerplate surrounding them (quotes and commas, not including the<br>
&gt; &gt; spaces or brackets).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; This would be a good argument if Python be a write-only language.<br>
<br>
I&#39;m pretty sure the character counts are the same whether you&#39;re<br>
reading or writing. If anything, writing is based on keystrokes, but<br>
reading is based on characters.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Reading really isn&#39;t based on characters.   \
People generally read words as a single unit rather than reading each character \
individually.<br></div></div></div>



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