Why do function definitions require parens? >>> class MyClass: ... pass ... >>> def my_func: File "<stdin>", line 1 def my_func: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax This seems to me to break a symmetry with class definitions. I assume this is just a hold off from C, perhaps there is a non-historical reason tho. I believe in the past we've forced parens in list comprehensions to create a symmetry between comprehensions/generator expressions. Why not for this? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/attachments/20130131/50882389/attachment.html>