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Fri Jul 19 21:32:38 CEST 2013 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-July/127443.html

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm asking only about this case, when the dash is used to denote a
> break in a sentence or to set off parenthetical statements.

That's two separate cases:

* denote a break in a sentence
* set off parenthetical statements

In my experience, an em dash is commonly used for the former, and en
dashes commonly used for the latter. Using the same dash for both is
unusual (and IMO needlessly ambiguous to the reader).

> Currently Python documentation uses fourth variants:

All your examples are only for parenthetical statements. Can you find
examples of the former, where a break (not parenthetical) in the
sentence is intended?

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