Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python?

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On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:32:41AM +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> 
>  He gets SyntaxError because you can't follow a semicolon with a
> statement that begins a block.

Can someone provide a link on where to find this type of information?
I was just hunting through “The Python Language Reference” and could
not find anything explicit. The only thing I found is

http://docs.python.org/reference/simple_stmts.html

“Several simple statements may occur on a single line separated by
semicolons.”

Anyways, this does not explicitly say “You shall not put a compound
statement after a simple statement separated by a semicolon.”, right?

Regards,
	Thomas Bach.

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Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 19:04 -0400
  Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-13 00:32 +0000
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Thomas Bach <thbach@students.uni-mainz.de> - 2012-10-13 10:41 +0200
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 20:03 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:23 +1100
      Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-10-13 20:43 +0300
        Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:47 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 05:41 +1100
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    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-13 16:42 -0400
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 08:39 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 09:09 +1100

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