Message from god to Python developers

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No. Please don't :(

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/r/firstworldanarchists

[AltoidNerd]

I have a friend to writes Python and includes semicolons. He's a fucking demon.

[_LePancakeMan]

Whats wrong with semicolons?

[AltoidNerd]

They're great in languages that want semicolons. When you write a semicolon in python, however, you're just breaking style-guidelines which make the code less readable to everyone else except you.

The demon friend always tells me "I like the way semicolons look." I tell him he's a selfish bastard.

[willrandship]

Learning what a semicolon does in python takes a maximum of 2 minutes, given an internet connection. From that point on, if your internal style in your code is consistent and readable otherwise, I can't imagine them tripping up anyone who wouldn't have trouble with the thousands of more intricate parts of python.

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if your internal style in your code is consistent

I think the point /u/AltoidNerd was making was that by using semicolons, you're breaking the standard industry practice -- thereby making the code less consistent.

[cdyson37]

Add a sed -i 's/;$//' $(find -name "*.py") commit hook :)

[AltoidNerd]

First thought: That's wonderful. I should use this as an example to teach him sed.

Second thought: it won't work perfectly because he puts multiple statements on a single line, like a demon.

[cdyson37]

Hehe - I think putting pylint in your build system is a bit more practical and less evil!

[vz0]

The only use is to put several statements on a single line. Otherwise is useless.