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On 22/02/2013 21:37, piterrr.dolinski@gmail.com wrote:
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> if (some statement):		# short form
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> rather than
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> if (some statement == true):	# long form
>

What all those ugly brackets are for?

> Peter
>

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence