Sept. 15, 2008
11:04 a.m.
Guido van Rossum wrote:
In private mail someone suggested the Java assert syntax:
assert expression : expression
and in 2015, we'll get a message from you where you say: "I think in general Python has erred on the side of having too many different syntactical uses for colons." (yes, I've checked. you shouldn't leave the time machine connected to the net when you're not there.) </F>