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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:30:29 +1100
Subject: Re: Pythonification of the asterisk-based collection packing/unpacking syntax
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> How about:
>
> <class name=3D"MyClass" superclasses=3D"A, B, C">
> ...
> </class>
>
> More more readable! =A0And it's a standard!

Unfortunately it's not Pythonic, because indentation is insignificant.
We need to adopt a more appropriate form. Eliminate all the </spam>
tags and use indentation to mark the ends of elements.

ChrisA
PS. Brilliant, sir, brilliant! I take off my cap to you.