Python Rocks! - get rid of colons

[Ian Parker]

In article <867qt1$a49 at news.or.intel.com>, tye4 <tye4 at yahoo.com> writes
>
>I have Python installed on Linux Redhat 6.0. Does anyone know where the
>source code for the compiler is located (any .tar file?). I intend to modify
>the language's syntax to add
>'end' delimiters for the blocks.
>And since Python is copyrighted, I don't intend to flood out versions to
>anyone else... strictly for personal use.
>
>class TestNew
>
>    def foo(s):
>        for i in range(0, 10):
>            print i,
>        end loop
>
>        if i == 10:
>            print 'internal error'
>        end if
>
>        while i < 10:
>            print i
>        end loop
>    end def
>
>end class
>
>My end delimiters are inspired by Ada, which in my personal opinion has best
>overall syntax.
>
>Thx,
>
>-tye4
>
>

Well since you're going back to ADA, I've just recalled my favourite
method of termination, in Algol 68: if.. fi, do..od convention, eg.

   if i == 10:
       print 'internal error'
   fi

A68 used "for .. do .. od" or "while .. do .. od". For Python perhaps
"rof" would be appropriate

   for i in range(0, 10):
       print i,
   rof          

Although I suppose to be more inline with Algol 68, you'd have to a
reverse colon on the for statement, which might be unclear.

I got profoundly fed up with languages that required "end xxx" to
terminate.    However, I still prefer even that to simply using
indentation (too much mixing of the message with the medium).

-- 
Ian Parker