In article <54694389$0$13001$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> > You should be able to use two semicolons, that's equivalent to one colon
> > right?
> >
> > ChrisA
> > (No, it isn't, so don't take this advice. Thanks.)
>
>
> Oooh! Python-ideas territory!
>
> I think the parser should allow two consecutive semi-colons, or four commas,
> as an alias for a colon. Then we could write code like:
>
>
> def spam(arg);;
> for x in seq,,,,
> pass
Wouldn't it make more sense to use four periods?
def spam(arg)....
for x in seq....
pass
First, 2 colons is 4 dots, so it's conservation of punctuation. Second,
it reads pretty well.
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