Even then, this seems like a lot of work to overcome a non-problem, akin to developing a C++11 compiler which uses "begin" and "end" instead of braces because of some emotional attachment to Pascal.
The thing is, it's actually trivial to do that using the C++ preprocessor.
In fact, Steve Bourne wrote the Bourne shell exactly in this fashion, with the following C substitution macros (based on Algol-68):
#define STRING char *
#define IF if(
#define THEN ){
#define ELSE } else {
#define FI ;}
#define WHILE while (
#define DO ({
#define OD ;}
#define INT int
#define BEGIN {
#define END }
Source: Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets, p. 13. Peter Van der Linden. 1994.
(this isn't to deny that Python with Braces is a rather frivolous idea)
The thing is, it's actually trivial to do that using the C++ preprocessor.
In fact, Steve Bourne wrote the Bourne shell exactly in this fashion, with the following C substitution macros (based on Algol-68):
Source: Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets, p. 13. Peter Van der Linden. 1994.(this isn't to deny that Python with Braces is a rather frivolous idea)