pre-PEP for optional 'pass'

holger krekel pyth at devel.trillke.net
Tue Apr 16 23:11:51 EDT 2002


> 
> >In my opinion an optional pass is a very good thing -- sometimes you 
> >want to be able to assert "this block intentionally left blank", but 
> >sometimes it makes more sense to just accept a truly empty block.
> >
> >Thanks for proposing this. I'm sure you'll get lots of horrified 
> >reactions
> 
> I don't see why: people who like pass can still use it.

i come in late to this thread, but could you list (or point
me to a list of) uses assuming an implicit "pass" except
that it saves 5 characters? Or is it a matter of taste (which
i think is perfectly valid).

	holger





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