Larry Wall's comment on python...

[Robert Oschler]

"laotseu" <bdesth at nospam.free.fr> wrote in message
news:3D7958DB.50903 at nospam.free.fr...
> > Any comments?
>
> def fun(args):
> #BEGIN
>      if ceci or cela:
>      #BEGIN
>          do_this(with_that)
>          [snip a lot of code]
>      #END
> #END
>
>
laotseu,

Although new to Python, I've read many posts complaining about the indenting
issue,  usually from "other language" proponents.  But for the longest time
I wondered why not do exactly what you have done with comment lines?  In
essence I'm saying, I'm glad you made this point. :)

In Pascal, C/C++ and VB (no rock-throwing please, it was a paycheck) I
frequently did things like the following, to use a C example:

if (something == something_else)
{
} // if (something == something_else)

As you can see, using comments to label my end blocks explicitly.  For me
this issue was never an issue.

thx