J. Cliff Dyer wrote:
On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 20:53 +0000, Albert van der Horst wrote:Because unlike in algol 68 in python whitespace is relevant, we could get by with requiring whitespace: x= -q # okay a<b and -a<c and -b < -d # okay 8 ** -2 # okayThis is actually quite thoroughly untrue. In python, *indentation* is significant. Whitespace (internal to a line) is not.
[snip] Whitespace (internal to a line) _mostly_ is not. It's not allowed within names, and it is needed in the second example above, before the 'and's. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
