On Aug 12, 7:39 pm, Seebs <usenet-nos...@seebs.net> wrote: > Consider the hypothetical array syntax: > > a = [ > 1, > 2 > b = [ > 3, > 4 > > This *bugs* me. It's perfectly legible, and if you define it that way, it's > unambiguous and everything, but... It bugs me. I want beginnings to have > an actual corresponding end.
It "almost" seems as if you have a valid point here until you consider that conditionals and blocks are ridged structures that must be defined under a strict set of syntactical rules with keywords and indentation. Whereas the list, dict, set, and tuple absolutely MUST have an explicit beginning AND an explicit end due to their free-form nature. You could create some strict rules for defining "X-literals" and remove any need for start and end tags however i see no need to do so. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
