Broken pipe

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <4bec2a9a$1 at dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Lie Ryan wrote:

> 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.

So why are they allowed, then?