On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, [ISO-8859-1] BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > In the faq, > http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general.html#why-are-colons-required-for-the-if-while-def-class-statements, > it is stated that the colon is there "primarily to enhance readability > (one of the results of the experimental ABC language)." But can that > statement really be backed up? Has someone made a study or something? > I always thought the rule was "the less useless symbols, the higher > the readability." I.e:
... snip ... > IMHO, the colon-less variant is more readable than the one with the colon. And yet you use a colon above to indicate ownership of the following chunk of text - specifically ownership by the "I.e" to illustrate your point. Methinks there may be a connection between the assertions: * But I could be wrong :-) Michael. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
