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Re: Reader option to permit brackets as parentheses



Chris Bitmead <cbitmead@ozemail.com.au> writes:

> Is that what python is? Sounds like a _very_ bad idea to have code
> meaning depending on whitespace.

  Python is a block structured language that uses indentation (i.e. # of 
  columns in from the left edge) as the block-membership indicator, in
 lieu of {}.

  ()s are available for expression grouping, as they are in C.

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Jon 'tex' Boone
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