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

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On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:41:11 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Joshua Landau
> <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Because Python uses indentation, what would "if A: print(1); if B: print(2)"
> > even do? It has to fail, because we have to assume consistent indentation
> > for ";"s*. With "\n" as I proposed, you still have to indent: it is just a
> > method to bypass lame shells [it would become "if A: print(1)\nif B:
> > print(2)"].
> 
> sikorsky@sikorsky:~/cpython$ python -c "if False: print(1); print(2)"
> sikorsky@sikorsky:~/cpython$ python -c "if True: print(1); print(2)"
> 1
> 2
> sikorsky@sikorsky:~/cpython$
> 
	Which isn't the same example... The former would be:

	if False: print(1); if True: print(2)
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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
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-13 15:19 -0400
    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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