"Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is Python going to support s syntax the does not use it's infamous > whitespace rules? I recall reading that Python might include such a > feature. Or, maybe just a brace-to-indentation preprocessor would be > sufficient. > > Many people think Python's syntax makes sense. There are strong > feelings both ways. It must depend on a person's way of thinking, > because I find it very confusing, even after using with Python for some > time, and trying to believe the advice that I would learn to like it. > The most annoying thing is that multiple dedents are very unreadable. I > still don't understand how anybody can think significant-but-invisible > dedentation is a good thing. > > Note: No need to follow up with long opinions of why indentation is > good -- they have been posted hundreds of times. It just seems that > Python developers think the whitespace thing is only an issue for > newbies. I think that many experienced users don't learn to like it, > but instead just learn to live with it.
Okay - I'll take your note and not argue about "why indentation is good" But - why should Python "support s syntax the does not use it's infamous whitespace rules" It's unique to Python. That's what Python *is*. If one doesn't like it, one needn't waste one's time with it. No other other language abides by those rules except Python. So just choose a different language to work with. Thomas Bartkus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
