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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:06:12 +1100
Subject: Re: How to fix those errors?
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't it make more sense to use four periods?
>
> def spam(arg)....
>     for x in seq....
>         pass
>
> First, 2 colons is 4 dots, so it's conservation of punctuation.  Second,
> it reads pretty well.

You could then name it in Hebrew: Paamayim Nekudotayim. There is
excellent precedent for this - it's done by a language in whose
footsteps Python strives to follow.

ChrisA