Whitespace delimiters suck

Joshua Macy amused at webamused.com
Mon Jan 31 18:51:13 EST 2000


"Eric S. Johansson" wrote:
> 
> Glen Starchman <glen at electricorb.com> wrote:
> > class test:
> > indent
> > def test_function():
> > indent
> > print "foo"
> > dedent
> > dedent
> 
> which is spoken:
> "class test colon new-line indent delta echo foxtrot test no-space underscore
> nospace function nospace left- paren right-paren indent new-line print open-quote
> foxtrot oscar oscar new-line dedent new-line dedent"
> 
> now, if you really want to get ugly go change the function name from test_function
> to test_subroutine when the only navigation capability you have is by counting
> lines and characters
> 
> believe me, it gets old real fast...
> 
> --
> Eric S. Johansson    esj at inguide.com    esj at harvee.billerica.ma.us
> This message was composed almost entirely using NaturallySpeaking

  You forgot a "colon" and a "close-quote", which just proves your
point.

Joshua



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