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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:12:02 +1000
Subject: Re: [Q] ipython: Multiple commands on the same line and newlines
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:01 PM, harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> wrot=
e:
> =A0 =A0It might be nice (as an option) to be able to disengage the forced
> indentation syntax rules of Python. In other words, provide indentation
> syntax by default and allow an option via environment variable to engage =
an
> alternate (more C-like) blocking syntax.
>

You can do that with a future directive.

from __future__ import braces

That's two underscores before and after the word "future".
http://docs.python.org/reference/simple_stmts.html#future-statements

Chris Angelico