Andreas Ericsson wrote: > Uwe Zeisberger wrote: > >Hello, > > > >Andreas Ericsson wrote: > > > >>I think the question is whether completely empty lines are also ignored > >>by Python, or if they start a new block of code. Whatever the case, it > >>must hold true for both 2.3 and 2.4. > > > >see > > http://www.python.org/doc/2.2.3/ref/blank-lines.html > > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/ref/blank-lines.html > > http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/ref/blank-lines.html > > > > So in essence, a multi-line statement is closed when a completely empty > line is found, Wrong. A logical line that contains only spaces, tabs, formfeeds and possibly a comment, is ignored (i.e., no NEWLINE token is generated). During interactive input of statements, handling of a blank line may differ depending on the implementation of the read-eval-print loop. In the standard implementation, an entirely blank logical line (i.e. one containing not even whitespace or a comment) terminates a multi-line statement. To translate that to python: if not interactive: a line only containing whitespace is ignored. else: if standard implementation: empty line terminates multi-line statement else: dependent on implementation i.e. In scripts, lines containing only (zero or more) whitespaces are ignored. hth Uwe -- Uwe Zeisberger Set the I_WANT_A_BROKEN_PS environment variable to force BSD syntax ... -- manpage of procps - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html