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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:22:19 -0700
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Subject: Re: 'indent'ing Python in windows bat
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:08:32 -0400, David Smith <davids@invtools.com>
> declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:
>
>>
>> How do I "indent" if I have something like:
>> if (sR=='Cope'): sys.exit(1) elif (sR=='Perform') sys.exit(2) else
>> sys.exit(3)
>>
>         If the sole purpose of the BAT file is to set return codes, I
> wouldn't bother using Python... Python is /not/ a shell language
> substitute

FWIW, it kinda was, for the Amoeba OS, originally:
http://docs.python.org/faq/general#why-was-python-created-in-the-first-place

Cheers,
Chris