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Re:Lesser known parts of Python standard library – Trickster... by joshdavham on Thursday September 05, 2024 @03:16PM (#41459630)
That's cool! I didn't know about this one.

Also, just to make sure I understand the joke. It's basically just saying that they'll never add braces to the python syntax, right?

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Re:Lesser known parts of Python standard library – Trickster... by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday September 06, 2024 @06:41PM (#41470222)
I mean, technically braces ARE part of Python syntax. They're used by sets and dictionaries.

But I know what you meant, and yeah...they'll never use braces as block delimiters. IMO, that's a good thing. Whitespace-as-syntax means you're FORCED to have a minimal level of decent code formatting or it doesn't work.

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