On 2020-09-27, Stefan Ram <r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >>Is there any other instruction to end a if than pass and ensure Emacs >>does not break the indentation during a copy paste or an indent-region ? > > We usually do not wish to tie our code to a defective editor. > I use vi, and can assure you that there is no such restriction > in a real editor.
It's funny, I've made a few tests and I see that pass has no impact on if block in fact, I can put it anywhere and add code behind, it works fine. I was sure that pass was breaking the if block, it does not. That's however still the way Emacs seems to see it (I can not add any code in a if block after a pass, pass acts as if it breaks the if block). As pass does nothing anyway, that looks like a good way to mark the end of a block and I did not find any valid reason to not use it this way. That's not a question of editor, that's a question of having a clear way to mark the end of a block, I guess the Emacs maintener found this way and I think it's a great idea. If a extremist Pythonist takes over my code some day, he'll have to search and delete hundreds of useless pass. I laugh already thinking about it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
