On Apr 23, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Crutcher Dunnavant wrote: > On 4/23/06, Ivan Krstic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Crutcher Dunnavant wrote: >>> for file in open_files: if file.readable(): >>> ... >>> >>> for line in open(file): if line.strip(): >> >> I don't like this. It looks unclean and adds an exception to the >> conventional Python rules while yielding no particular or significant >> benefit. > > It doesn't add any exception, it changes how the block syntax works. >
I think what Ivan meant is that the normal Python rule is that if you have a full-colon (ANYWHERE), and you put something after it on the same line, then you're done the block. This behaviour is the same for method definitions, IF-blocks, the FOR statement, class definitions, etc. However, your change would be an exception to the rule, in that it would change what a full-colon is allowed to do, but only in one place. Jay P. _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
