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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? |
| Date | 2011-07-13 12:18 -0400 |
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On 7/13/2011 2:26 AM, alex23 wrote:
> Thomas Jollans<t...@jollybox.de> wrote:
>> Coincidentally, Guido wrote this blog post just last week, without which
>> I'd be just as much at a loss as you:
>>
>> http://python-history.blogspot.com/2011/07/karin-dewar-indentation-an...
>
> It's also part of the Python FAQ:
>
> http://docs.python.org/faq/design.html#why-are-colons-required-for-the-if-while-def-class-statements
An added note: the header lines of compound statements do not
necessarily occupy just one physical line. The : signals the end of the
logical line. Editors can use to to indent intelligently. Consider
def myfunc(a,
b,
c):
return a+b+c
All indentation was done automatically by IDLE's editor.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de> - 2011-07-11 16:16 +0200
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-11 14:43 +0000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-07-12 23:26 -0700
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-13 12:18 -0400
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-07-13 10:08 +0200
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-13 21:07 +1000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-07-13 13:26 +0200
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-07-13 07:16 -0500
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 21:58 +1000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-13 13:18 +0000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-13 13:03 +0000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 23:11 +1000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-07-13 19:27 +0200
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-14 14:34 +0000
Re: An interesting beginner question: why we need colon at all in the python language? Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2011-07-14 08:14 -0700
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