There's an enormous difference with Python, because the indentation is syntax. These two code snippets, one in Python, the other in C, do not mean the same thin

There's an enormous difference with Python, because the indentation is syntax. These two code snippets, one in Python, the other in C, do not mean the same thing: C: if (condition) statement_1(); statement_2(); Python: if condition: statement_1() statement_2() Personally, I always use braces in C and C++, even though it is more clunky. I want the assurance. I also frequently have to make changes to code that does not use braces, and then I have to add the braces in because I am adding statements to a conditional. To me, that is more clunky.