On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 05:14:04PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > H. S. Teoh wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:29:52PM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: [snip] > >>Python did away with that requirement for scope in 2.x. If you want to > >>use blank lines for code logic separation in python < 2.0, you must nest > >>the line as far as the current block. For that reason, I don't use > >>blank lines within class or method definitions when writing for Python > >>1.5.x. > > >[snip] > > >Hmm, I did not know this before. > > >*chalks up one more reason to avoid Python like the plague...* > > Uh, care to rewrite that since Python is now on 2.3 and 1.5.2 is > several years old? [snip]
That doesn't negate the fact that I find significant whitespace rather atrocious. I really rather use a language where I'm free to format the code the way I want it, to maximally convey its meaning, rather than to be forced to write it a certain way because some genius decided that whitespace should be significant. T -- Designer clothes: how to cover less by paying more.
