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Re:5% of 666 Python repos had comma typo bugs (inc V8, Tenso... by thaumasiotes on Friday January 07, 2022 @01:03PM (#29842404)
> I would have thought it would be a no-brainer to just ban it and insist on an explicit + operator.

Maybe as a matter of linting. As a matter of language design, I think + for string concatenation is a big mistake; using different symbols for numeric addition and string concatenation is something Perl got right.

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Re:5% of 666 Python repos had comma typo bugs (inc V8, Tenso... by mikepurvis on Friday January 07, 2022 @01:12PM (#29842550)
Yes, I meant as a matter of linting. I can understand the arguments being different for the language as a whole, particularly when legacy compatibility is a consideration.

But my impression using pylint is that its default settings are wildly opinionated, hence the surprise that this wouldn't have fallen under that umbrella.

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