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Re:Advice on learning Python efficiently by Sean1708 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:44PM (#13186455)
What do you mean by the offside rule in this case? I presume you don't mean that Pyret can't shoot if it got the ball when it was behind all the other language's defenders.
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Re:Advice on learning Python efficiently by brudgers on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:54PM (#13186530)
Only if the Pyret was already in an offside position when the ball was last played by a team mate and it was not a goal kick, throw-in, or corner kick and Pyret was involved in active play (receiving the ball, interfering with a defender, or obstructing the goalkeeper's view)...but I digress.

Python's use of semantic white space in the form of indentation is sometimes referred to as the 'offside rule'.

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Re:Advice on learning Python efficiently by sigzero on Thursday December 15, 2016 @04:20PM (#13188510)
Interesting, I have never heard that term used in relation to Python white space. TIL
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Re:Advice on learning Python efficiently by brudgers on Thursday December 15, 2016 @05:40PM (#13189309)
Apparently, the term goes back 50 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-side_rule
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