On Sep 13, 10:12 pm, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to understand why python use indentation to denote block of > code. What are the advantages of it? Is there a style in python to > denote a block of code the same as that of C++ (with '{}')? > > One disadvantage of using indentation to denote a block of code is > that the runtime to automatically indent a python code would be about > a few times more than the runtime to automatically indent a C++ code > of the same length (both are in vim). > > Regards, > Peng
Not to be omega-rude and disrespectful, but if you have to ask such a question -- you are either to stupid a programmer to warrant any intellectual response, or are just interested in wasting peoples bandwidth. The advantages and disadvantages of the white space thing, is generally self evident: which is likely by design in my opinion. -- A fairly language independent programmer. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list