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| From | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: How to fix those errors? |
| Date | 2014-11-16 21:55 -0500 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <roy-45DA9A.21550716112014@news.panix.com> (permalink) |
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In article <54694389$0$13001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> > You should be able to use two semicolons, that's equivalent to one colon
> > right?
> >
> > ChrisA
> > (No, it isn't, so don't take this advice. Thanks.)
>
>
> Oooh! Python-ideas territory!
>
> I think the parser should allow two consecutive semi-colons, or four commas,
> as an alias for a colon. Then we could write code like:
>
>
> def spam(arg);;
> for x in seq,,,,
> pass
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.
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How to fix those errors? Abdul Abdul <abdul.sw84@gmail.com> - 2014-11-16 22:32 +0100
Re: How to fix those errors? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-16 23:04 +0100
Re: How to fix those errors? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-16 23:13 +0100
Re: How to fix those errors? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-17 09:22 +1100
Re: How to fix those errors? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-17 11:38 +1100
Re: How to fix those errors? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-17 12:05 +1100
Re: How to fix those errors? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-11-16 21:55 -0500
Re: How to fix those errors? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-17 14:06 +1100
Re: How to fix those errors? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-11-19 13:02 +1000
Re: How to fix those errors? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-19 14:40 +1100
Re: How to fix those errors? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-11-21 20:21 +1000
Re: How to fix those errors? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-11-18 20:25 +1300
Re: How to fix those errors? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-18 18:37 +1100
Re: How to fix those errors? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-11-19 08:00 -0800
Re: How to fix those errors? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-19 09:33 +1100
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