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30.0.50; "case" does not work as dedenter in Python

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Message #22 received at 62092-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: kobarity <kobarity <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lele Gaifax <lele <at> metapensiero.it>, 62092-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62092: 30.0.50; "case" does not work as dedenter in Python
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:18:12 +0200

On 11/03/2023 04:08, kobarity wrote:

> The message "Closes case 1:" is shown.  It is shown to help
> distinguishing nested blocks, although it will not be useful if the
> case statements are same.
> 
> This is the same behavior as "if" blocks, etc.  The term "Closes" may
> not be the most appropriate for "case," but I don't think it is wrong.

Fair enough. I do think it's not ideal ("case" is not a "closer"), but 
neither is "else", for that matter. So the issue is not new.

And it can be useful, like you say, to distinguish nested blocks.

Pushed your change to emacs-29, and closing. Thanks!

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