Re: Please VOTE! Changing keywords to functions

Mukhsein Johari <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:04:31 +0100 (BST)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.prothon.user
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

--- Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > 
> That pretty much leaves this list as candidates for
> conversion...
> 
> 	assert    
> 	from                  
> 	import             
> 	raise  
>  
> Please vote on which keywords you think should be
> changed to functions.  
> 

Hmmm...Is it nice to write:
assert(23<x<42) ?

Thing is, some words should be keywords only so that
it defines an unchanging vocabulary for users of the
language. If they are functions, they can be redefined
to mean other than the intended meaning. Would this
not create problems? IMHO, built-in functions and
keywords should be clear in their differences - they
are for different uses after all.

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