Re: semicolon at end of python's statements

From	Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: semicolon at end of python's statements
Date	2013-09-02 10:47 -0400
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<roy-C8A163.10473002092013@news.panix.com> (permalink)
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In article <mailman.491.1378133042.19984.python-list@python.org>,
 Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:

> On 2013-09-02 14:20, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > >> This saves an indent level.
> > >
> > > Just out of interest: is saving an indent level a useful thing?
> > 
> > Perhaps he's worried about the world running out of tabs?
> > 
> > I heard that most of the tab mines are in China and they're going to
> > stop exporting...
> 
> And buying all that indentation supports terrorists.  Conserve
> whitespace or the terrorists win! :-)

What really gets me is the stupid TSA.  You're allowed to bring as many 
spaces as you want on an airplane, but they confiscate all your tabs as 
the security checkpoint.

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Re: semicolon at end of python's statements "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> - 2013-08-28 22:10 -0400
  Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-29 09:39 +0000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-29 19:52 +1000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-08-29 11:02 +0100
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-30 08:17 +1000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-30 08:50 +1000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-30 14:55 +1000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-08-30 09:15 +0200
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-30 17:25 +1000
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-08-30 09:48 +0200
    Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-08-30 11:32 +0100
      Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-30 06:53 -0400
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-08-30 16:14 +0200
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-31 08:18 +1000
      Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-31 00:09 +0000
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-31 01:03 -0400
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-08-31 10:47 +0300
          Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2013-08-31 09:00 +0100
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-08-31 13:28 +0300
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-02 14:20 +0000
              Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-02 09:45 -0500
                Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-02 10:47 -0400
                Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-02 12:58 -0500
                Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-03 07:07 +1000
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-09-01 19:58 +0200
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-09-01 21:58 +0200
          Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-02 08:05 +0000
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-09-02 11:45 +0200
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 11:42 +0100
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-09-02 12:58 +0200
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements "albert visser" <albert.visser@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 19:44 +0200
              Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-02 13:53 -0400
                Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-03 17:15 +0000
                Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-03 20:00 +0000
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-09-02 17:24 -0400
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-09-02 00:30 +0100
        Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-09-02 10:29 +0200
          Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-02 09:52 +0000
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 20:14 +1000
              Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-02 14:57 +0000
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-09-02 12:52 +0200
            Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 17:17 -0600
              Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-02 19:54 -0400
                Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 18:56 -0600

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