Use of a variable in parent loop

[MRAB]

On 2020-09-27 10:27, Stephane Tougard via Python-list wrote:
> On 2020-09-27, Stefan Ram <ram at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>>Is there any other instruction to end a if than pass and ensure Emacs
>>>does not break the indentation during a copy paste or an indent-region ?
>>
>>   We usually do not wish to tie our code to a defective editor.
>>   I use vi, and can assure you that there is no such restriction
>>   in a real editor.
> 
> It's funny, I've made a few tests and I see that pass has no impact on
> if block in fact, I can put it anywhere and add code behind, it works
> fine. I was sure that pass was breaking the if block, it does not.
> 
> That's however still the way Emacs seems to see it (I can not add
> any code in a if block after a pass, pass acts as if it breaks the if
> block).
> 
> As pass does nothing anyway, that looks like a good way to mark the end
> of a block and I did not find any valid reason to not use it this way.
> That's not a question of editor, that's a question of having a clear way
> to mark the end of a block, I guess the Emacs maintener found this way
> and I think it's a great idea.
> 
> If a extremist Pythonist takes over my code some day, he'll have to
> search and delete hundreds of useless pass. I laugh already thinking
> about it.
> 
He could write some code to do it.