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If you write code like this: if x: # do stuff # do other stuff Your indenter will not know where to put the third line. In languages whose blocks a
by maw 16y ago
If you write code like this:
if x:
# do stuff
# do other stuff
Your indenter will not know where to put the third line.
In languages whose blocks are closed using nonwhitespace the problem doesn't exist. Your indenter just has to push everything as far to the right as it can, and problem solved.
It's nice that your editor gets copy and paste right, but it doesn't and indeed can't decide how to indent your code, something that works in every other language I've dealt with.
- crystalis 16y agoWhy does that matter? In brace language: if (condition) {{ code_1 }} code_2 In Python: if (condition):\n code_1 \n^H code_2 Unless your editor also knows when to place your close braces, and, haha, it doesn't and indeed can't, you have not even won a keystroke.
- maw 16y agoOnce I've placed my closing braces, I'll never need to think about it again, unless and until I restructure that piece of code. It's got nothing about saving keystrokes. And now, back to working on pass-infested Python code.