Py3K idea: why not drop the colon?

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Thu Nov 9 12:11:01 EST 2006


Paul Boddie wrote:
> Michael Hobbs wrote:
>> I think the colon could be omitted from every type of compound
>> statement: 'if', 'for', 'def', 'class', whatever. Am I missing anything?
> 
> The FAQ answer. ;-)
> 
> http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-are-colons-required-for-the-if-while-def-class-statements
> 
> Paul
> 
I suppose it would be even better if that hyperlink actually took you to 
  section 1.4.27 rather than 1.4.14 ...

regards
  Steve
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