A syntax idea for one-liners

[Michele Simionato]

Beni Cherniavsky <cben at techunix.technion.ac.il> wrote in message news:<mailman.1053893140.26725.python-list at python.org>...
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>     if a: if b: c;; if d: e;;; f; h
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-1 on the syntax, even if I am not against the idea of improving Python
support for one-liners (still, it is not my highest priority).
You can already write (at least on Linux)
 
$ echo -e "if a:\n if b:\n  c\n if d:\n  e\nf\nh"
if a:
 if b:
  c
 if d:
  e
f
h

which is ugly but (at least to me) more comprehensible than the semicolon
notation. IMHO, the problem of writing a multiline statement as a one-liner has
to be devolved to the operating system, not to Python, which by design, is
intended to spare horizontal space at the expense of vertical space.
Just my 0.02 c

                                             Michele