[Python-Dev] [PATCH] Adding braces to __future__

[Matt Joiner]

If braces were introduced I would switch to Haskell, I can't stand the
noise. If you want to see a language that allows both whitespace, semi
colons and braces take a look at it. Nails it.
On Dec 10, 2011 9:31 AM, "Cedric Sodhi" <manday at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 02:21:42PM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> >    On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Cedric Sodhi <[1]manday at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >      IF YOU THINK YOU MUST REPLY SOMETHING WITTY, ITERATE THAT THIS HAD
> BEEN
> >      DISCUSSED BEFORE, REPLY THAT "IT'S SIMPLY NOT GO'NNA HAPPEN", THAT
> "WHO
> >      DOESN'T LIKE IT IS FREE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER LANGUAGE" OR SOMETHING
> >      SIMILAR, JUST DON'T.
> >
> >    Every single response in this thread so far has ignored this request.
> The
> >    correct response honoring this should have been deafening silence.
> >
> >    For me, if I had to design a new language today, I would probably use
> >    braces, not because they're better than whitespace, but because pretty
> >    much every other lanugage uses them, and there are more interesting
> >    concepts to distinguish a new language. That said, I don't regret that
> >    Python uses indentation, and the rest I have to say about the topic
> would
> >    violate the above request.
> >
>
> I think this deserves a reply. Thank you for contributing your opinion
> and respecting my request and therefore honoring the rules of a
> civilized debate.
>
> -- Cedric
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