On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > That being said, the colon really bothers me, despite what is written in > "Common objections". True, colons are used in places other than suite > introduction, but with exception handling, colons *do* introduce a new suite, > so its use here is jarring. There may also be tooling issues (e.g. editors, > syntax colorizers, parsers, etc.).
Tooling issues should already have been solved for lambda, but if you don't like the colon, go with one of the other options - Brett expressed support for 'then', which makes very good sense (it does require creating a new keyword, but it's a fairly safe one). ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
