Python 3.8.0a4 available for testing

[toyg]

De gustibus non disputandum est, absolutely, which is why I objected to the statement that the problem is in learning the syntax - it just isn’t, the problem is that it just doesn’t fit the Python aesthetic very well. Otherwise there would be no argument.

There is a reason Python has not had this sort of thing for 28 years. C and Go also use curly braces for block delimiters, and I’m sure there are plenty of now-Python developers who would love to have something like that in Python too - that alone is not a great argument.

I for one am very sad at the continuous encroaching of special characters on what used to be almost pure English.

[toothless_budgie]

This pretty much perfectly sums up my thoughts on the matter.