I must admit that I’ve tried python in my early days and indentation was the main reason why I just didn’t pursue the language further. It felt just brittle and hard to read.
Of course if I had be forced I would have probably managed to master it but I had the freedom to use whatever I wanted as programming language and python was just not an attractive option.(despite being seduced by its “zen” and all that. Felt like form over function design.
The “build”/run/deploy system was the other major issue. All the python versions, virtual env etc seemed like a mess. A compiled language is so much better(I.e Go, Rust etc) IMHO.
I have tons of experience with python, possibly more actual work experience than any other language, and I do think the indentation is a bit of a problem. Obviously not a huge one, but still something I wished they had done differently. Because I like to have a robust format-on-save wired into my editor, and you just cannot quite have that when indentation is meaningful.
Yes, I remember having a problem with python indentation. For some reason tabs and spaces were causing my code to fail to run!!
This was when I was first learning programming and didn't know anything. Once I understood the syntax of the language it hasn't been a problem ever since.
Its like being upset that your yaml doesn't work because you have mixed spaces and tabs.
Only incredibly inexperienced people think indentation in python is a problem.
I must admit that I’ve tried python in my early days and indentation was the main reason why I just didn’t pursue the language further. It felt just brittle and hard to read. Of course if I had be forced I would have probably managed to master it but I had the freedom to use whatever I wanted as programming language and python was just not an attractive option.(despite being seduced by its “zen” and all that. Felt like form over function design.
The “build”/run/deploy system was the other major issue. All the python versions, virtual env etc seemed like a mess. A compiled language is so much better(I.e Go, Rust etc) IMHO.
I have tons of experience with python, possibly more actual work experience than any other language, and I do think the indentation is a bit of a problem. Obviously not a huge one, but still something I wished they had done differently. Because I like to have a robust format-on-save wired into my editor, and you just cannot quite have that when indentation is meaningful.
Use black as format on save and you will never have a problem with that. https://github.com/psf/black
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Yes, I remember having a problem with python indentation. For some reason tabs and spaces were causing my code to fail to run!! This was when I was first learning programming and didn't know anything. Once I understood the syntax of the language it hasn't been a problem ever since. Its like being upset that your yaml doesn't work because you have mixed spaces and tabs.
Yes, indeed, indentation is one of the very few things in Python which aren't problematic!
How the fuck could you possibly even possibly begin to validate such a claim. Lol. Asshole.
Seems just as valid as any of the other syntactical nitpicks of other languages, except it touches every line of code you write and it’s unavoidable.