First day beginner to python, add to counter after nested loop

[jonas.thornvall at gmail.com]

Den onsdagen den 30:e oktober 2013 kl. 16:50:43 UTC+1 skrev Grant Edwards:
> On 2013-10-30, Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon at rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
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> > Op 30-10-13 08:07, Tim Roberts schreef:
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> >> jonas.thornvall at gmail.com wrote:
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> >>>
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> >>> Why did Python not implement end... The end is really not necessary for
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> >>> the programming language it can be excluded, but it is a courtesy to
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> >>> the programmer and could easily be transformed to indents automaticly,
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> >>> that is removed before the compiliation/interpretation of code.  
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> >> 
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> >> You only say that because your brain has been poisoned by languages that
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> >> require some kind of "end".  It's not necessary, and it's extra typing. 99%
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> >> of programmers do the indentation anyway, to make the program easy to read,
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> >> so why not just make it part of the syntax?  That way, you don't
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> >> accidentally have the indentation not match the syntax.
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> >
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> > Because it is a pain in the ass. Now suddenly my program doesn't work
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> > because I somehow inserted a tab instead of spaces.
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> Then don't do that.
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> I'm only half-kidding.  Inserting incorrect tokens into program source
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> breaks programs in all languages.  The tricky bit is that in many
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> editors spaces and tabs look the same.  You can pick an editor that
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> provides a visual difference, or you can pick an editor that always
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> does the right thing, or you can stick with it until your fingers
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> learn to do the right thing.
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> > The end would also gives extra protection against faulty
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> > manipulations. I have at one time accidently copied a function partly
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> > further below. Because python doesn't need an end, the compilor was
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> > unable to detect this was only part of a function which caused a bug
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> > which was harder to find.
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> >
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> > Python made it's choice and I can live with that, but telling people
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> > who prefer it had made an other choice that their brain is poisoned,
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> > only shows you are unable to see the disadvantages.
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> Those of us who've been using Python for more than a few days think it
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> is you who are unable to see the advantages. ;)
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> Whether allowing indentation via either tabs or spaces was a
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> fundamental design flaw has long been debated.  Personally, I think
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> tabs should be outlawed in all source code...
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I think the idea with tab indentation would been it is an easy road for automation. I think it is easily that project goes anal when let over to code monkeys, maybe that is the case.