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> significant-whitespace is the worst idea ever Hear hear! I never heard a single argument for significant invisible characters that makes sense, ever. Who wo
by capableweb 4y ago
> significant-whitespace is the worst idea ever
Hear hear! I never heard a single argument for significant invisible characters that makes sense, ever.
Who would want to have a program that fails because you used invisible character X instead of invisible character Y?
- lmm 4y agoA distinction between invisible character X and invisible character Y is a terrible idea. But indentation is very much visible; it's generally more significant to the reader than braces are, so it should be that significant to the computer too.