>>> Michael Hobbs wrote: >>>> True enough. Although, I have to ask how many times you define a new >>>> function only to have Python spit a syntax error out at you saying that >>>> you forgot a colon. It happens to me all the time. >> >> I confess I find myself in the position of a Yorkshire Youngster - I >> don't believe you!
Robert> Okay, not often enough or annoyingly enough for me to remember Robert> having done so. Perhaps seven years ago when I started using Robert> Python, but not any time recent. If your editor knows about Python's block structure (as Emacs's python-mode does), when you forget the colon it's immediately obvious because the next line doesn't autoindent properly. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list