On Fri, Dec 1, 2017, at 05:31, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I'm more confused than ever. You seem to be arguing that Python
> functions CAN short-circuit their arguments and avoid evaluating them.
> Is that the case?
> If this is merely about when the name "function" is looked up, then I
> don't see why that's relevant to the PEP.
>> What am I missing?
You're completely missing the context of the discussion, which was the
supposed reason that a *new* function call operator, with the proposed
syntax function?(args), that would short-circuit (based on the
'function' being None) could not be implemented. The whole thing doesn't
make sense to me anyway, since a new operator could have its own
sequence different from the existing one if necessary.
