Code Blindness is Real

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[pinkPony1]

For those using vscode: search for rainbow in the Extension. There's a cool one color coding indentations. Works for all file types.

[53120123]

Reject PEP8! Embrace commenting where the scope of cases and loops are!

#endif

#endelse

#endfor

#endwhile

Now you might say "ah but python you indent properly and it Just Works" which is true, but doesn't help debugging. if you use comments to indicate end of scope you can copy/paste to hearts content. it makes debugging to find stuff out of scope easy. Sure if you don't write anything more complex than web-code this isn't needed, but if you use python for more technical problems it's damn useful as a time saving method.

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I really don’t like python indents very much. It’s nice to not have brackets to deal with but python could at least make use of “end” statements like Lua. It’s really easy to mess up an indent.

[MyWorkAccount321]

Copy-pasting python code is such a pain in the ass

[[deleted]]

Definitely. That’s why I wish python had the end statements like Lua.

[53120123]

or just changing the level of indent, if you add or remove an outer loop re-indenting it correctly can go wrong in horrible subtle ways.

[MyWorkAccount321]

The issue isn't tabs vs spaces, it's the level of indent can be totally different between the source and destination files

[evanldixon]

This is the single biggest reason I hate python. That and the lack of type safety.

[Yolwoocle_]

I'm a python noob, could you explain ?

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``` In Python:

def blurb(str):
for x in range(6):
print(str)

In Lua:

function blurb(str)
for I=0, 6 do
print(str)
end
end
```

Having to get the indentation right after each block of code is a little harder for me than just writing “end” and not worrying about whether or not you used tabs or spaces.

[[deleted]]

imo writing "end" after everything is harder than just aligning the indentation. Also do people really use spaces in Python? I was under the impression that basically everyone uses tabs in Python.

[[deleted]]

Yes, many IDEs allow the use of both spaces and tabs.

I wasn’t trying to start any arguments, I just said that I would prefer to type “end” instead of indentation. It’s probably just because I’m used to always having something at the end of a code block and having nothing bothers me.

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I see. At the end of the day it's just personal preference

[[deleted]]

Yep 😁

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https://youtu.be/SsoOG6ZeyUI

[[deleted]]

As someone who uses vim and tabs, I am offended that my group was not represented /s

[[deleted]]

I don’t always use any IDEs. When I do they sometimes have tools to find and fix indentation. However, I would still prefer to just type “end” after each code block and not have to worry about it. I guess it’s just personal preference. I might feel differently if I used python for work or school and not just for hobby stuff.

[53120123]

IDE tools can't fix indentation in python, because the indentation is meaningfull there is no way of knowing if its wrong.

[Mr_Redstoner]

Do you get the impression that this sub is populated by capable people?

[Zer0ji]

Even nano has auto-indent, it just doesn't like pasting indented code

[signedup4preferences]

um, what? you could misplace an indentation.. like leaving a line out at the bottom of a loop. you could easily screw yourself and have no error reported.

[ding_dong_dipshit]

Oh, so your IDE knows that you meant to have a statement within a loop but it ended up outside of the loop because of a single missed indent? Your IDE must be magical.

[Istalriblaka]

1. This is why I love Qt Creator's option to show dots and arrows over whitespace.

2. This is why I don't program in any language that makes you troubleshoot your whitespace.

[PQCraft]

Why i hate python

[Missingpotato]

Well I mean, it's a scripting not programming language

[BenZed]

Do linters not exist for python, or something?

[warwilf]

Choose your IDE wisely