Py3K idea: why not drop the colon?

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Nov 16 05:15:25 EST 2006


Magnus Lycka wrote:

> Which is the better writing style for text intended for human readers?
> 
> I have some things to say:
>      Seagulls belong in the sky.
>      Colon fits in the text.
> 
> I have some things to say
> {
>      Seagulls belong in the text.
>      Colon fits in the belly.
> }

have anyone counted the number of colons used in this way by the OP,
in his first few posts ?  (if there isn't a name for the law that
states that the number for a "let's remove the colons" proposal is 
always greater than zero, someone should come up with one...)

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