Yes really. If you have any further questions about the python language specification, you can answer them here: http://docs.python.org/3/reference/

Flashnews:mostmodernlanguagesdoindeedusewhitespaceassyntax.

Here's a good explanation about whitespace in Python http://www.secnetix.de/olli/Python/block_indentation.hawk

Have you never seen python before?

It's more likely than you think.

Let's call it canonical offside rule.