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[Ben Finney]

Seebs <usenet-nospam at seebs.net> writes:

> On 2010-11-03, Steven D'Aprano <steve-REMOVE-THIS at cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> > Python does explicitly mark blocks. It does it by changes in
> > indentation. An indent is an explicit start-block. An outdent is an
> > explicit end- block. There is nothing implicit in a change in indent
> > level.
>
> What's the token that marks the end of a block, corresponding to the
> colon used to introduce it?

You have introduced this requirement for tokens; it's fallacious. The
direct answer is: tokens aren't part of the requirement to be explicit.

The more general answer is: the block is explicitly ended where the
indentation ends.

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Ben Finney