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Re:C-style vs. Python-style syntax: which one would you pref... by nuclear_eclipse on Sunday December 14, 2008 @03:21PM (#397605)
> In python, it's hard to fuck it up: after a colon, you always newline and indent.

But what about:

    if True: print "Yep"
;)
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Re:C-style vs. Python-style syntax: which one would you pref... by whatusername on Sunday December 14, 2008 @06:06PM (#397743)
Get with the program:

if True: print("Yep")

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Re:C-style vs. Python-style syntax: which one would you pref... by ljlolel on Sunday December 14, 2008 @06:07PM (#397744)
Don't do that: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

Some features of Python are only really meant to be used at interactive prompts, like import STAR ( I can't write star?)

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Re:C-style vs. Python-style syntax: which one would you pref... by nuclear_eclipse on Sunday December 14, 2008 @06:20PM (#397752)
Completely agreed; I was just pointing it out.
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