Broken pipe

[Lie Ryan]

On 05/13/10 22:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <mailman.2720.1273210637.23598.python-list at python.org>, Chris 
> Rebert wrote:
> 
>> Also, please don't use semicolons in your code. It's bad style.
> 
> Wonder why they’re allowed, then.

they're there for line continuation, e.g.:

a = 40; foo(a)

but in many cases, putting two statements in a single line reduces
readability so use the semicolons extremely conservatively. But the
worst is the abuse of semicolons for end-of-line markers.