pre-PEP for optional 'pass'

[phil hunt]

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:52:14 -0500, Mark McEahern <marklists at mceahern.com> wrote:
>[phil hunt]
>> I wish to make the pass statement optional. That is, in any Python
>> program where there is a pass it can be left out and the meaning of
>> the program is unchanged.
>[...]
>> Thoughts?
>
>I imagine you'll need to provide working code that demonstrates what's
>required to accomplish this proposed PEP--or at least some analysis of the
>scope of the work and the potential for breakage.  It would be really
>interesting to see you post something about that.
>
>Having never really delved into the C source code for Python itself, I have
>no real sense of the scope of the change you're proposing.

I've looked at it briefly.

> Would existing
>code break? 

Not unless my mod contained a bug.



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