Necessity of ``pass''

[Thomas Wouters]

On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 11:44:19AM +0200, forcer wrote:
> > Another example of redundancy in Python -- and one with just as much
> > chance of being changed -- is the ':' symbol.  Take a look at the following:
> 
> Though the colon really improves readability while not getting in
> your way :)

Actually, no :) the colon may be three whole characters less than the 'pass'
keyword, but your argument for skipping 'pass' goes for the colon just as
much:

if spam #and eggs() or ham and timber['victim']:
	# your code here

You can't just comment out a non-working test in your if statement (like
above), you have to add the : to the right place, AND remember to remove it
when you finish the remaining tests.

So, lets remove neither ;-P

Annoying-ly-y'rs,
-- 
Thomas Wouters <thomas at xs4all.net>

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