"Neil Mitchell"
1) In a Python string it is available the \U{name} escape, where name is a character name in the Unicode database.
As an example: foo = u"abc\N{VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF}"
Why not: import Unicode.Entities as U foo = "abc"++U.vulgar_fraction_one_half
Hmm, looks nice, and sensible. But as soon as you've got \N{....} syntax I want:
"foo\E{show i}bar"
"foo"++show i++"bar" Change the language - save two characters.
2) In Python it is possible to import modules inside a function.
In Haskell something like:
joinPath' root name = joinPath [root, name] importing System.FilePath (joinPath)
It does mean you need to read an entire file to see
Well, then you might as well allow multiple modules per file as per the recent discussion. And multi-module files will possibly let you achieve the desired encapsulation without actually changing the language. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants