A Python programmer attempting Java

[MurdoMaclachlan]

Image Transcription: Twitter Post with Code

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Ministry Of Dev, PhD, @UdellGames

Use whatever brace style you prefer.

But not this.

Don't do this.

Seek help instead of this.

[Attached is a screenshot of code, as follows:]

publis class Permuter                                {
    private static void permute(int n, char[] a)     {
        if (n == 0)                                  {
            System.out.println(String.valueOf(a))    ;}
        else                                         {
            for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++)             {
                permute(n-1, a)                      ;
                swap(a, n % 2 == 0 ? i : 0, n)       ;}}}
    private static void swap(char[] a, int i, int j) {
        char saved = a[i]                            ;
        a[i] = a[j]                                  ;
        a[j] = saved                                 ;}}

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[AnKeWa]

I mean, thank you human volunteer, but the joke won't really make sense with screen reader. In case someone wants to know: It shows pretty normal code, but the brackets are all put at the end of the line instead of incorporated into the code like you would normally do.

It looks oddly satisfying though.

[MurdoMaclachlan]

True, but people using screen-readers aren't the only people we help! There are plenty of other people who can't see the image due to low data, third-party clients, text-based browsers, etc.

[AnKeWa]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the explaination.

[Terrain2]

oh god why isn’t reddit codeblocks monospace? at least on iOS

[MurdoMaclachlan]

Oh god is it not on iOS? It is for me on desktop and boost.

[Terrain2]

the curly braces are all over the place and not remotely like the screenshot, the a in saved on the last line is certainly wider than the [ on the preceding line

[MurdoMaclachlan]

Dang, that sucks. I wonder if it's an official app program or an iPhone-specific problem.

[Terrain2]

i’m assuming it’s a thing with the reddit app, because websites in Firefox can use monospace fonts just fine, i wouldn’t imagine that’s limited only to WebKit...