>I disagree with the last statement. Actually they are easier to
>visually spot.
I dislike keywords as block closers because they are obtrusive. For
ease of reading code, whitespace > non-alpha char > keywords for block
closers, (except sometimes matching braces helps, particularly if done
automatically by the editor/window system).
Having 'begin's and 'end's sprinkled throughout the code is ugly, I think.
> This is NOT the time to change the syntax in a non-compatible way.
>people are using Python for production items and now that Python
>is posted to the net and gaining acceptance, I feel that this type
>of change would cause a lot of people to change. Whatever changes
>are made to the language, they MUST be compatible.
Yargh, backwards compatibility rears its ugly head. I thought Python
was still rapidly growing, and maybe NOW is the last chance to make
an important major change.
-- "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately."