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Re:5% of 666 Python repos had comma typo bugs (inc V8, Tenso... by oaiey on Friday January 07, 2022 @01:09PM (#29842515)
I completely get that. That is a very nice feature for building DSL or libraries with special needs. But it makes the overall language very dangerous.

Is this "operator" overloadable on each type in Python?

And that scares me a lot. I think I have to reevaluate my position towards Python.

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Re:5% of 666 Python repos had comma typo bugs (inc V8, Tenso... by housecarpenter on Friday January 07, 2022 @03:16PM (#29844155)
It's not really an operator. It's part of the syntax of string literals. "foo" "bar" is an alternative way of writing the string literal "foobar". If foo is not a string literal, foo "bar" is invalid syntax.
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Re:5% of 666 Python repos had comma typo bugs (inc V8, Tenso... by oaiey on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:59PM (#29845405)
Okay... So it is not a implicit operator. That is good. Some small reputation points are regained.

Thanks.

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