OK, so I sort of get it. I love ML style syntax. I love the way that it supports great things like partial application.
What I do not like is TMTOWTDI. And I do not like Python violating its own principles (namely, "explicit is better than implicit"). As far as I am concerned, in Python, which does not have partial application, function application is handled by a special `(...)` operator that explicitly applies whatever function comes before the parens to whatever is inside the parens. Making the parens optional gives you two different ways to apply a function - and, by extension, one more place for people to argue about style - one of which is just an implicit version of the other.
You've got to have a way better reason to do that to a language than just, "Hey, isn't this cool? And also, I miss the Python 2 vs Python 3 wars, so wouldn't it be fun to give that pot another stir for old time's sake?"
I get it, the change from a print statement to a print function caused some pain. But it did bring some practical benefits, and the transition is in the past now, and, to quote the Zen of Python again, "special cases aren't special enough to break the rules."
What I do not like is TMTOWTDI. And I do not like Python violating its own principles (namely, "explicit is better than implicit"). As far as I am concerned, in Python, which does not have partial application, function application is handled by a special `(...)` operator that explicitly applies whatever function comes before the parens to whatever is inside the parens. Making the parens optional gives you two different ways to apply a function - and, by extension, one more place for people to argue about style - one of which is just an implicit version of the other.
You've got to have a way better reason to do that to a language than just, "Hey, isn't this cool? And also, I miss the Python 2 vs Python 3 wars, so wouldn't it be fun to give that pot another stir for old time's sake?"
I get it, the change from a print statement to a print function caused some pain. But it did bring some practical benefits, and the transition is in the past now, and, to quote the Zen of Python again, "special cases aren't special enough to break the rules."