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> Square brackets replace parentheses for a clean, uniform syntax. Oh dear, why? Abrasive aesthetics aside, this is bad for people with certain non-English key
by dxdm 8mo ago
> Square brackets replace parentheses for a clean, uniform syntax.
Oh dear, why? Abrasive aesthetics aside, this is bad for people with certain non-English keyboard layouts. Not me, but many do exist.
- IshKebab 8mo agoBetter for people with English keyboards though. And I prefer the aesthetics.
- Dansvidania 8mo agoIs it better for English keyboards because () are shifted and [] are not ?
- IshKebab 8mo agoYes, and on a lower row.
- Dansvidania 8mo agoBut it’s an oblique pinky move though. I find them uncomfortable. Is it just me?
- dxdm 8mo agoPoint taken. I forgot that brackets are not shifted on my keyboard. They do require worse acrobatics than a shift key on a German keyboard, though - one of the Alt keys is special and needed to trigger them, if memory serves. Well, that's another argument for everyone to use an English layout for coding, I suppose.
- smohare 8mo ago[dead]