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Mon Sep 5 05:36:11 EDT 2005 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-September/354468.html

I think, allowing to specify blocks with algol style (for-end, if-end, 
etc) will allow to write easy php-like templates
and would attract new web developers to python (as php and ruby do).
It can be straight compilled into Python bytecode cause there is 
one-to-one transformation.
So this:
# -*- syntax-style: algol -*-
class asd:
    def __init__(self,a):
       if a:
          for i in xrange(100):
             pass
          else:
             while false:
                pass
             else:
                pass
             end
          end
       else:
          self.a=None
       end
    end
end
is equivalent for:
class asd:
    def __init__(self,a):
       if a:
          for i in xrange(100):
             pass
          else:
             while false:
                pass
             else:
                pass
       else:
          self.a=None
but could be written as:

# -*- syntax-style: algol -*-
class asd: def __init__(self,a): if a: for i in xrange(100): pass; else: 
while false: pass; else: pass; end; end; end; end;

which is easier to embed into http template (php and ruby shows it).

And, maybe, there can web syntax - equivalent for php and ruby template:
<%# -*- syntax: web -*-%>
<%# -*- command: print -*- %>
<%
def print_all(l):%>
<table><%
    for k in l:%>
<tr><td>#{k.name}</td><td>#{k.surname}</td></tr>
<%end%>
</table>
<%end
# -*- command: yield -*-
def yield_all(l):%>
<table><%
    for k in l:%>
<tr><td>#{k.name}</td><td>#{k.surname}</td></tr>
<%end%>
</table>
<%end
# -*- command: S.write -*-
def write_all(S,l):%>
<table><%
    for k in l:%>
<tr><td>#{k.name}</td><td>#{k.surname}</td></tr>
<%end%>
</table>
<%end%>

will be translated as it were written:
def print_all(l):
    print (r"<table>")
    for k in l:
       print (r"<tr><td>"+`k.name`+ r"</td><td>"+`k.surname`+ r"</td></tr>")
# or print (r"<tr><td>"+str(k.name)+ r"</td><td>"+str(k.surname)+ 
r"</td></tr>")
    print (r"</table>")
def yield_all(l):
    yield (r"<table>")
    for k in l:
       yield (r"<tr><td>"+`k.name`+ r"</td><td>"+`k.surname`+ r"</td></tr>")
    yield (r"</table>")
def write_all(S.l):
    S.write (r"<table>")
    for k in l:
       S.write (r"<tr><td>"+`k.name`+ r"</td><td>"+`k.surname`+ 
r"</td></tr>")
    S.write (r"</table>")

I offer to include it into iterpretter, so we can leave another 
compilation stage, as it exists with popular
template libraries, which compile their template files into bytecode (or 
python source)

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