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Fri Apr 20 12:33:18 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/063872.html

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Jeremy Hylton wrote:

> Never mind my previous message.  It's pretty clear from the grammar.
>
> stmt: simple_stmt | compound_stmt
> simple_stmt: small_stmt (';' small_stmt)* [';'] NEWLINE
> small_stmt: expr_stmt | print_stmt  | del_stmt | pass_stmt | flow_stmt | import_stmt | global_stmt | exec_stmt | assert_stmt
> compound_stmt: if_stmt | while_stmt | for_stmt | try_stmt | funcdef | classdef
>
> You can only join simple statements with a semicolon.  None of the
> statements that use colons between parts are simple statements.

Is there any way to work around this for the purpose of simple unix
scripts using python -c, then?  Other than putting the python in a
separate file, of course.

John

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