greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When moving a set of statements in Python, you > are usually selecting a set of complete lines, > cutting them out and then pasting them in > between two other lines somewhere else.
You're missing Ken's point, which is that in Lisp an s-expression represents a single concept - I can cut out the second form of an IF and know that I'm cutting the entire test-form. I don't have to choose the correct "set of complete lines" to correctly move code around. > Having edited both Lisp and Python code fairly > extensively, I can't say that I find editing > Python code to be any more difficult or error > prone. How extensively? > On the plus side, Python makes less demands on the > capabilities of the editor. All you really need > is block-shifting commands. Bracket matching is > handy for expressions but not vital, and you > certainly don't need bracket-based auto-indenting. Oh, please. So we should restrict the power of the languages we choose just to make sure that our code can be edited in Notepad? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list