In message <4bec2a9...@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Lie Ryan wrote: > On 05/13/10 22:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In message <mailman.2720.1273210637.23598.python-l...@python.org>, Chris >> Rebert wrote: >> >>> Also, please don't use semicolons in your code. It's bad style. >> >> Wonder why they’re allowed, then. > > they're there for line continuation, e.g.: > > a = 40; foo(a) > > but in many cases, putting two statements in a single line reduces > readability so use the semicolons extremely conservatively. But the > worst is the abuse of semicolons for end-of-line markers.
So why are they allowed, then? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
