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I think the argument is not that structure should be dispensed, or that it doesn't matter, rather that a given style convention is fungible, and we should proba
by Qub3d 5y ago
I think the argument is not that structure should be dispensed, or that it doesn't matter, rather that a given style convention is fungible, and we should probably all just pick something good enough and get on with it, because the code will execute regardless of whether we use " or ' around our strings.
Spend some time considering the language standards, but then ship it for god's sake.
See also from Peter Norvig[0]:
* Get involved in a language standardization effort. It could be the ANSI C++ committee, or it could be deciding if your local coding style will have 2 or 4 space indentation levels. Either way, you learn about what other people like in a language, how deeply they feel so, and perhaps even a little about why they feel so.
* Have the good sense to get off the language standardization effort as quickly as possible.
[0]:https://www.norvig.com/21-days.html https://www.norvig.com/21-days.html
- tayo42 5y agoI actually had this formatter thing happen at work. We have code that generates more python code. Now the quotes are changed and we need escapes because a rule it being applied. Escapes are harder to read and look messier.