On 3/15/2012 15:28, Tim Golden wrote:
On 15/03/2012 14:19, Kiuhnm wrote:
On 3/15/2012 15:06, Mark Lawrence wrote:
On 15/03/2012 11:48, Kiuhnm wrote:
BTW, aren't those ':' redundant?
Kiuhnm
Nope.
Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> with open("filename", "w") as f
File "<stdin>", line 1
with open("filename", "w") as f
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Ok, so they're mandatory, but I was mainly talking of design. Why are
they needed?
Kiuhnm
http://docs.python.org/faq/design.html#why-are-colons-required-for-the-if-while-def-class-statements
The second one is slightly easier to read because it's
syntax-highlighted. Was that on purpose?
By the way, the more elaborate parsing consists of looking for an
END_OF_LINE followed by one or more spaces. It doesn't sound that
complicated.
And what about an editor which indent when you press the spacebar or tab?
Kiuhnm
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