User: fjolliton

Re:Why Ruby?

On: Ruby 1.9.0 Released

Have you tried it?

>>> a = { 1 : 2 }
>>> b = { ( 'foo' , 'bar' ) : 4 }
>>> c = dict( a , **b )
>>> a , b , c
({1: 2}, {('foo', 'bar'): 4}, {1: 2, ('foo', 'bar'): 4})

Re:Why Ruby?

On: Ruby 1.9.0 Released

With Python (>=2.4 I think):

>>> a = { 'x' : 3 }
>>> b = { 'y' : 7 }
>>> c = dict( a , **b )
>>> a , b , c
({'x': 3}, {'y': 7}, {'y': 7, 'x': 3})

To merge more than 2 dictionnaries this way, you need dict(dict(a, **b), **c), and so on.

Re:Why Ruby?

On: Ruby 1.9.0 Released

Using Emacs, editing Python code with correct indentation is not difficult. I use a lot the following keybindings:

;; Functions to shift a region. Useful for Python.
(defun region-shift-left ()
(interactive)
(if mark-active
(indent-rigidly (region-beginning)
(region-end)
(- (or current-prefix-arg 1)))))

(defun region-shift-right ()
(interactive)
(if mark-active
(indent-rigidly (region-beginning)
(region-end)
(or current-prefix-arg 1))))

(global-set-key (kbd "A-<left>") 'region-shift-left)
(global-set-key (kbd "A-<right>") 'region-shift-right)

Select the block to shift, then alt-right arrow or alt-left arrow to indent/unindent the block. Very convenient! And it just work after pasting. I can't imagine editing Python code without these bindings.