On 2010-11-02, Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> wrote: > What is right is that there's no question that quux is subsequent to baz > in all cases barring exceptions (and assuming no tabs intermixed)
Yes, but that doesn't mean it does what the programmer intended, just that it does what it does. > The apparent structure in python _is_ the structure, whereas otherwise > you've got to count your ;'s and {}'s etc to determine and verify the > structure matches the apparent structure provided by the programmer. Yes. I understand this. However, I have probably seen all of two or three bugs ever related to mis-indented C, and I've had various things screw up or wreck indentation on dozens of occasions. Being able to recover has been nice. (So's being able to use fence matching to jump to the other end of a block.) -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list