John Salerno wrote: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: >> John Salerno wrote: >> >>>> Anyway, the FAQ answer seems to be a weak argument to me. >>> I agree. I was expecting something more technical to justify the >>> colon, not just that it looks better. >> yeah, the whole idea of treating programming languages as an interface >> between people and computers is really lame. no wonder nobody's using >> Python for anything. >> >> </F> >> > > personally, i don't mind the colon and see no need to lose it, but if we > are talking in the realm of aesthetics, it actually seems like it would > be cleaner if it weren't there...sure, at first everyone who is used to > it might feel like something is missing, or the line is "hanging" open, > but overall the less characters, the better, right? isn't that why the > braces are gone?
No. The braces are gone because they don't assist a reader's determination of block structure like indentation does. Otherwise why would people write indenting pretty printers for C and the like? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
