rafael's Journalrafael's use Perl JournalIndentation constraints and Python design- February 13, 2006 Interesting quote by Guido about the language design principles that guide python's evolution : I find any solution unacceptable that embeds an indentation-based block in the middle of an expression. Since I find alternative syntax for statement grouping (e.g. braces or beginend keywords) equally unacceptable, this pretty much makes a multi-line lambda an unsolvable puzzle. -- Language Design Is Not Just Solving Puzzles (via LtU) So, choice of basic grammar rules has an influence on language...http://use.perl.org/~rafael/journal/28662?from=rss |