Python Rocks!

[Stephen Coursen]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:24:55 -0800, tye4 <tye4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote in message
>news:002401bf62b8$c30da8a0$f29b12c2 at secret.pythonware.com...
>AC "tye4" <tye4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> As time goes on, the code using 'end' will increase substantially while
>the
>> legacy code without 'end' will reduce.
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>so you mean that if you make 'end' optional, everyone
>will add extra end statements to their code?
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>yeah, right...
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>Oh yes, they will. Failure to do so will result in barrage of 'warning'
>messages from the compiler that they are using a 'deprecated' language
>construct. (BTW, that's how Java implements gradual change in the language
>and its library.)
>
Of course, this assumes that people think that this is a good idea.  No one,
other you, has expressed the need for an "end" block during this thread.
Perhaps there's a reason for this...

>-tye4
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