New to Python - block grouping (spaces)yhoni

[alister]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:07:22 +0200, Antoon Pardon wrote:

> On 04/16/2015 12:43 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Thursday 16 April 2015 20:09, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>>
>>> I beg to differ. The most common occurence is a loop with a break
>>> condition in the middle I would prefer such a loop to be written as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> repeat:
>>>     some code
>>> break_when condition:
>>>     more code
>>
>> That structure makes no sense to me. Why is the "break_when" *outside*
>> of the loop? Why does the "break_when condition" introduce a new block?
> 
> How do you mean outside the loop? Do you consider the "else" outside the
> if statement?
> 
>>> Actually I would prefer a more elaborate scheme but would be contend
>>> with a possibility like the above. IMO this is the most occuring
>>> pattern where the logical structure doesn't match the physical
>>> structure and it is not occuring relevantly less now.
>>
>> Judging by the above example, I think it may be a good thing that
>> Python doesn't allow "more elaborate" indentation schemes.
>>
>> repeat:
>>     do this do that
>>                   do something else important
>>           and this
>> sometimes this
>>           also this
>>                              but don't do this
>>   unless today is Tuesday
>>                # end loop
>>
>>
>>
>> Simplicity is a virtue.
> 
> As is argueing against a real position instead of making something up.
> Nobody is argueing for arbitrary indentation.

May I suggest that you give it a try for a month, perhaps re-writing a 
small program you already have in a pythonic style (don't simply write c 
in python) & see if your opinion changes.


if not then other suggestions that python is not a language of choice for 
you may be appropriate.

be warned you may find it creates (or increases ) an extreme dislike for 
C & other languages that require braces & semicolons, it did for me 
(especially the semi-colon!)



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