Re: [RFC] Draft Proposal for New Python Syntax
Steven Miale (smiale@cs.indiana.edu)
Wed, 25 May 1994 10:09:40 -0500
In article <klamer.769851894@galaxy.ph.tn.tudelft.nl>,
Klamer Schutte <klamer@ph.tn.tudelft.nl> wrote:
>This looks nice to me. However, I do not see any reason for using a ;
>to terminate statements. IMHO, a newline can be used for that purpose,
>assuming that macro processors and mailers can handle newline
>statements easily. (Or: use a ; as an alternative to a newline, but do
>not make it obliged.)
The proposal used semicolons to terminate statements, and so I threw
that in with the alternative. Also, it might be nice sometimes to
put more than one statement on a line, in which case the semicolon
comes in handy.
Steve
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