pre-PEP for optional 'pass'

[Andy Gimblett]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:28:44PM +0100, phil hunt wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:17:30 -0700, Russell E. Owen <owen at nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >The need for pass is a pain when commenting out entire blocks of code 
> >(e.g. while debugging). Instead of just commenting out the code, one 
> >must also add a "pass" statement, and then try to remember to take it 
> >out again when re-enabling the code.
> 
> That's true, and one that has happened to me.

But as has already been pointed out, you can simply wrap the entire
block up in """.  Thus, this isn't a reason for getting rid of pass.

-Andy

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