"David Murmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i just had this crazy idea:
Agreed ;-) > instead of > while cond(): > pass > write > while cond(). Viewing statememts as functions of the program state, pass is the identity function/statement. Many languages have the equivalent. Being explicit is Python's style. Getting rid of it would gratuitously break code for no reason other than your esthetic preference. > i don't know whether this is syntactically unambiguous or replaces all > uses of pass, but i find it quite nice to read. while x/3. would become somewhat ambiguous. Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
