Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 2005-12-06, Ben Sizer schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Of course. However I would argue that indented scope is one way of > > doing so. Scope is instantly visible, and no longer a game of 'hunt the > > punctuation character, which is in a different place depending on the > > coder's style'. > > There are situations in which indentation is not that visible. > > The problem is that situations arise where your code can't be > read continuously. e.g. it can be spread over pages in a book.
Write shorter functions ;) > Other situations arise where indentation alone isn't a clear > indication of how many scopes are left. No, but I find it's only a tiny bit worse than in C++/Java, where I usually find myself adding a comment at the end of a block anyway, just so that I remember what exactly is coming to an end at that point. (Although again, this might be telling me that my function is too big.) That transfers to Python where necessary. -- Ben Sizer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
