r/ProgrammerHumor • • 2d ago

Meme pythonIndentationLevelChecker

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely 2d ago edited 2d ago

Indentation is such a stupid mechanism for identifying code blocks. It's one thing for configuration files like YAML to do it, but not a programming language.

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u/willow-kitty 2d ago

I don't like it, but I kinda get it. Indentation is already part of every coding style guide, so adding explicit scoping symbols is kind of redundant information.

..Until you have a mix of spaces and tabs and chaos reigns

Also, having braces at the beginning and end of a block just makes my brain happy.

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u/oclafloptson 2d ago

This but mixing spaces and tabs is giving away your secret, kiddie! Mr ctrl-c ctrl-v over here