why no "do : until"?

Mark Jackson mjackson at wc.eso.mc.xerox.com
Thu Jan 4 20:38:07 EST 2001


amk at mira.erols.com (A.M. Kuchling) writes:

> Yes.  I've argued in the past that we should just leave Python's
> syntax alone; all the proposed changes usually add 1% more
> functionality and aren't worth the pain.  Leave fancy changes to the
> hypothetical Python3K or some other future descendent of Python, and
> just work on the infrastructure around the language.

I agree.  I believe I've noticed a decrease in the readability of
posted code since 2.0 came in.  Anyone for a PEP on, say, "Stopping the
Rot?" :-)

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