On 2010-04-09, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <4bbf6eb8$0$1670$742ec...@news.sonic.net>, John Nagle wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message <mailman.1610.1270655932.23598.python-l...@python.org>, >>> Gabriel Genellina wrote: >>> >>>> If you only reindent the code (without adding/removing lines) then you >>>> can compare the compiled .pyc files (excluding the first 8 bytes that >>>> contain a magic number and the source file timestamp). Remember that >>>> code objects contain line number information. >>> >>> Anybody who ever creates another indentation-controlled language should >>> be beaten to death with a Guido van Rossum voodoo doll. >> >> No ... > > Yes, because otherwise you wouldn?t have stupid problems like the one > which is preoccupying this thread: how to make sure indentation is > consistent without introducing logic errors into the code.
Anybody who invents another brace-delimited language should be beaten. You always end up with a big problem trying to make sure the braces are consistent with the program logic. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
