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)
