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Right on. To be clear, the core "issue" is whether developers use or like to use that functionality, and to that end I say I never use it for Python (obviously
by gymbeaux 1y ago
Right on.
To be clear, the core "issue" is whether developers use or like to use that functionality, and to that end I say I never use it for Python (obviously- since I didn't know of its existence). More succinctly, it seems like other languages have "more popular" alternatives.
- itishappy 1y agoAgreed! I've never found myself making much use of Python's help feature, but I do all the time in Haskell! Wonder why?
- gymbeaux 1y agoIf you're being facetious, I would love to know why you use Haskell's but not Python's. Is it a better UX? A lack of alternatives like intellisense?
- itishappy 1y agoTotally serious. I'm not claiming it's the best, but it's how I use the tools. There's a few reasons: 1. It's just how I learned. Googled my way through Python, then learned Haskell much later via a book which explicitly recommends using the REPL to get info about functions. 2. Types. I'm typically only looking for type information. A quick `:t` or `:i` is usually all I need in Haskell. I know Python half has them now, but I'm not 3. I'm certainly weird here, but I turn autocomplete and other pop-ups off. I find it distracting, and prefer the more intentional action of typing stuff into a REPL. Heck, I even do it in the VSCode terminal. In summary: IDK, weird I guess. I should probably use it more in Python.