On 7/7/06, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ka-Ping Yee wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote: > >> So, my proposal is to give up on static, accept PEP 3103 with the > >> following options: > >> - Syntax alternative 2+B (unindented cases, 'case in ...' for > >> multiple cases). > >> - Semantics option 3 (def-time freezing) > >> > >> Do we need any more discussion about the PEP before I pronounce? (I'm > >> not super confident about the syntax alternatives yet.) > > > > I think i'd argue for indented cases, mainly because it's what > > everyone expects. "Everyone" includes > > > > - people who have seen 'switch' in other languages > > - people who expect ':' to introduce an indented block > > - editors that autoindent new lines > > - editors that fold indented blocks > > - editor hotkeys/macros for manipulating indented blocks > > - tools that highlight Python code > > - interactive Python consoles > > I agree with Ping here. Indented cases are more consistent,
I think I've been convinced. I'll update the PEP. > unless > we come up with something to fill the "empty switch suite", such as > > switch expr: > case 1: > ... > > vs > > switch: > expr > case 1: > ... I don't think anything like this is likely to displace syntax alternatives 1-4 in PEP 3103l, so I recommend that people not bother to try. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
