Python is readable

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:08:49 +0000, Neil Cerutti wrote:

> On 2012-03-16, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>
> wrote:
>> A grammarian might very well write:
>>
>> Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to:
>>
>> 1. Take the bus to Swansea.
>> ...
>>
>> In English, one typical use for colons is to introduce a list or
>> sequence of items, including instructions. A sequence of instructions
>> is an algorithm, program or routine. You may have heard of them :)
> 
> A grammarian always uses complete sentence before a colon, even when
> introducing a list.

Ah, perhaps you're talking about *prescriptivist* grammarians, who insist 
on applying grammatical rules that exist only in their own fevered 
imagination. Sorry, I was talking about the other sort, the ones who 
apply the grammatical rules used by people in real life. You know the 
ones: linguists. My mistake.

Colons don't end sentences, therefore there is no need to use a complete 
sentence before a colon.


-- 
Steven