From: Edmund L. <el...@in...> - 2002-06-20 19:23:42
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Tavis wrote: > I agree that this problem with Emacs should be fixed. However, I disagree with > your argument. Take it to the extreme and you end up with statements like > "Operation system X has a broken implementation of Y, but who cares! That's > their problem. Why should our code be crippled because they don't support > it?" Emacs has a large constituency, particularly among Python coders, and > the benefits of making them 'like' reading your code far outweigh the minor > inconvenience of using """ instead of '''. Yes, but this is truly an extreme position. I think it's just a bit much to have to adapt the work to fit the tool, rather than the tool to fit the work--particularly for something as trivial as doc string quotes! Here's a cheeky comment (meant in fun): if Emacs has such a large constituency amongst Python coders, and if it is so extensible, why hasn't the problem been fixed? :-) OK, no flame wars please! :-) Actually, up until about a year ago, I used Emacs 100% of the time. I eventually got tired of the bloat and need to do finger-gymnastics on the keyboard to get anything done. It was quite hard to switch to vim, but I'm glad that I took the time. ...Edmund. |