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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:15:51 -0400
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Subject: Re: from future import pass_function
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It's not uncommon for "pass" to be referred to as a control statement,
although I see your point that it isn't exerting as much control over
the flow of execution as others.  As further evidence, this doc
categorizes it as a "statement" within "flow control tools":
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html

Michael

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
<ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> wrote:
> pass is not a control statement, it is just a placeholder to make it
> explicit that there is nothing else to be expected here.
>
> Uli
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