On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:07:22 +0200, Antoon Pardon wrote: > On 04/16/2015 12:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Thursday 16 April 2015 20:09, Antoon Pardon wrote: >> >>> I beg to differ. The most common occurence is a loop with a break >>> condition in the middle I would prefer such a loop to be written as >>> follows: >>> >>> repeat: >>> some code >>> break_when condition: >>> more code >> >> That structure makes no sense to me. Why is the "break_when" *outside* >> of the loop? Why does the "break_when condition" introduce a new block? > > How do you mean outside the loop? Do you consider the "else" outside the > if statement? > >>> Actually I would prefer a more elaborate scheme but would be contend >>> with a possibility like the above. IMO this is the most occuring >>> pattern where the logical structure doesn't match the physical >>> structure and it is not occuring relevantly less now. >> >> Judging by the above example, I think it may be a good thing that >> Python doesn't allow "more elaborate" indentation schemes. >> >> repeat: >> do this do that >> do something else important >> and this >> sometimes this >> also this >> but don't do this >> unless today is Tuesday >> # end loop >> >> >> >> Simplicity is a virtue. > > As is argueing against a real position instead of making something up. > Nobody is argueing for arbitrary indentation.
May I suggest that you give it a try for a month, perhaps re-writing a small program you already have in a pythonic style (don't simply write c in python) & see if your opinion changes. if not then other suggestions that python is not a language of choice for you may be appropriate. be warned you may find it creates (or increases ) an extreme dislike for C & other languages that require braces & semicolons, it did for me (especially the semi-colon!) -- If in any problem you find yourself doing an immense amount of work, the answer can be obtained by simple inspection. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
