so she wants to be forgotten?
She wants to cause confusing errors on completely different lines
Meaningful Indentation > Unnecessary visual clutter
I will die on this hill. Python is wonderfully readable as it saves on unnecessary characters because indentations as well as line breaks are (usually) part of the syntax. Something like C++ with all its :;{}<> is just painful to read, not to mention annoying to write on many non-US keyboard layouts such as german without modifications.
I think having both the indentation and the braces surrounding code is much better than just indentation or braces, since it removes any ambiguity of what code goes to what if, for, or while loop/condition. we already have to memorize precedence to define ambiguous expressions. Why have another set of rules that could otherwise be prevented with braces and indentation?
The indentation is the visual clutter to me.
Linebreaks are meant for casual readability, not end of statement, that’s how we write long statements on multiple lines. Therefore, we need a symbol for end-of-statement.
said like someone who’s never had to parse through 10k+ lines of python source without an IDE. lol
Why would you let it grown that size to start with?
What’s worse, that Python doesn’t need semicolons, or that if used, they are ignored? 🤔
They are not ignored, you can use them to put multiple statements in one line
>>> print("proof by counterexample in a python REPL") proof by counterexample in a python REPL >>> x = 2; print(x) 2 >>> print("this is not ignored"); print("it's just mostly useless"); print("but you can use as many as you want") this is not ignored it's just mostly useless but you can use as many as you want
She wants to be chosen. In python semicolons are optional in most cases. You choose to add them… mostly because you have been writing a lot of c lately
And then your auto-formatter removes them in a blink.
