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The bad thing about significant whitespace is it breaks copy-pasteability of code, with no way to get broken formatting back without understanding what the code
by Attrecomet 4y ago
The bad thing about significant whitespace is it breaks copy-pasteability of code, with no way to get broken formatting back without understanding what the code does.
That is a lot worse than formatting squabbles, especially for a glue language where you are expected to be able to copy snippets for short scripts all the time.
- jacquesm 4y agoThat and even with version control you will always have to keep an eye out for accidental deletion of the last bit of whitespace on any code block. It's a pretty easy mistake to overlook without context.