On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 13:58, Carl Cerecke wrote:
In traditional languages (inc. C and Deplhi), a block of statements is indicated to the compiler by begin/end pairs (using whatever notation). For the programmer, the block of statements is also indented to make it easier to read - indentation is ignored by the compiler. Python makes that indentation explicit - that is, it means something to the compiler. Because indentation is now significant, the begin/end is redundant. The block simply stops when the indentation level is decreased, as one
[It is rare that I have to pull Carl up on a Python matter, but I am feeling lucky, so here goes :) ] Python does have a BEGIN marker, a colon(":"), but it has no end-marker, as you say, just a change in whitespace. Python programmers commonly state that there is no BEGIN/END markers, but ":" has always been there :)
Ah. Yes. You're right. There is a begin - you can put code right after the colon, instead of on the next line with an extra indent.
Good spotting.
Cheers, Carl.
