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In the age of autoformatters it makes moving code around more painful. In C++ I can write some janky looking code and autoformat it into respectability. I can
by likpok 6y ago
In the age of autoformatters it makes moving code around more painful.
In C++ I can write some janky looking code and autoformat it into respectability. I can stop caring about whitespace entirely (while still producing readable results).
In python I need to write correctly-indented code because the autoformatter can't figure out if the lack of indentation is meaningful or not.
- jedberg 6y agoThat seems like a silly argument. That would be like saying I don't like languages that require semicolons because then I have to remember to put in semicolons. The whitespace is part of the syntax. Just like in some languages putting a semicolon at the end is part of the syntax. And for the most part, your IDE will take care of whitespace anyway.