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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 02:02:18 +1100
Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:31:15 UTC+1, Ian  wrote:
>> I agree. I very rarely use blank lines inside functions. As I see it,
>> if you feel you need a blank line for separation within a function,
>> that's an indication your function is overly complex and should be
>> broken up.
>
> Whereas I feel that if I wanted to write code which looked like that I'd have learnt/learned Perl ;-)

I did learn Perl. That's why I now code in Python.

ChrisA