On 2005-12-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Welcome to c.l.py
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Oh, thank you.
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On 2005-12-11, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I don't suppose there's any good reason, then, why (for example)
> outlining tools use indentation to indicate different levels of
> significance.
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Nobody bothers to figure out something better? Now you will argue that then
the indendati
On 2005-12-11, Rick Wotnaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Make a grocery list. Do you terminate each item with
> punctuation? Write a headline for a newspaper. Is
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actually, I do. i write as much as fits in one line and separate items
with comma.
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> may find Python's set strange at first. Plea
On 2005-12-10, Tom Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR.
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And:
INDENTATION
SUCKS
BIG
TIME.
Using indentation without block termination markers is opposite of the way we
write spoken language, terminating eac
On 2005-12-10, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> My advice would be to stop using punch cards and start using a sensible
> text editor.
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Such as..?
Find me an editor which has folds like in VIM, regexp search/replace within
two keystrokes (ESC,:), marks to easily navigate text in 2 key
On 2005-12-08, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Making a mistake in indentation level is precisely analogous to leaving
> out markers in other languages. If your editor is smart enough, and the
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But look at the following example:
if a:
some_code1
if b:
some_code2
If I accidenta
On 2005-12-07, Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> What I don't understand is, that most people who have a problem
> with scope by indentation, want to introduce braces. I think
> braces are the worst solution.
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Braces are very convenient to match block start and end. Open a C program
in
On 2005-12-02, Micah Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 02, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> Python recognizes the TAB character as valid indentation. TAB
>> characters are evil. They should be banned from Python source code.
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> AGREE! AGREE! AGREE!
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The day TABs are banned from the source, I
