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0 pointsacjohnson5512y ago0 comments

But if indentation matters, and it's pressent, then why do you need the colon?

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ptx12y ago

Well, the colon can be used without indentation if the block that follows is just a single line:

  def embiggen(x): return x * 2
  for i in range(10): print(embiggen(x))

Also, it just makes things read more naturally to us humans, I think.

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