From: Brendan <macdonellba@...>
Date: 2007-05-20T00:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby?

On May 18, 4:23 am, Chris Dew <cms...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> ...
> with no reduction in meaning, yet 25% fewer lines of code.
>
> What are the reasons why this isn't used/implemented/liked?  It would
> be a small change to the interpreter.  Enabling meaningful indentation
> would only make 'end' optional, not invalid; backwards compatibility
> wouldn't be a problem.
>
> (I use both Ruby and Python.  I think indentation is one of the few
> *language* features where Python leads Ruby.)

I personally prefer that 'end' be in place, so that all ruby code is
readable. I personally believe there may be something wrong with a
syntax which sacrifices explicit readability (for everyone, not just
python programmers) for increased typing speed and the illusory gain
of 'fewer LOC'. This was one of the major reasons which convinced me
to use ruby instead of python.