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Re: semicolon at end of python's statements

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Date 2013-09-05 22:02 +1000
Subject Re: semicolon at end of python's statements
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.86.1378382574.5461.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Duncan Booth
<duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Someone I knew actually used these definitions when writing C in a Pascalish, Algol68ish
> style (if I remembered them correctly):
>
> #define IF if(((
> #define AND ))&&((
> #define OR )||(
> #define THEN ))){
> #define ELSE }else{
> #define FI }

Because s/he thought it made for better code, or as a joke? Usually I
see this sort of thing as the latter...

ChrisA

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Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-29 10:31 +1000
  Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-05 11:33 +0000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-05 22:02 +1000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-05 14:04 +0000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Jeremy Sanders <jeremy@jeremysanders.net> - 2013-09-05 16:05 +0200
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-06 00:13 +1000
      Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-05 15:15 +0000

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