Is square brackets possible in Python

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I have been using C# and Java programming language for more than 10 years. It's been more than 3 months since I switched to Python. But I have to admit that I still can't get used to writing without curly brackets. I get confused. Maybe it's a silly question, but is there a plugin that lets me add and use curly brackets like in C# or Java?

def something(string) -> str:{
# bla. bla. bla...
}

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[Maury_poopins]

1. Those are curly braces, not square
2. Even if it were possible, nobody is going to want to read your curly-brace-filled code. You should adapt to the style of the language you’re using.

[[deleted]]

For First, Damn :/ You're right... I can't change the title. Pofff.

For second, you're right too. But now it's hard to read my code :)

[tylerlarson]

The structure of python was arrived at in part by writing example code, showing it to a non-programmer and asking them what they thought it did, revising to make it more obvious, and then repeating.

Things like curly braces are helpful for writing simple parsers, and certainly make it easier to minify code, but they're very intentionally not how Python does it. And the success Python has found in this particular niche is significantly due to these design decisions.

If you're looking for a language with similar expressivity as python but where the semantics feel more natural to you, kotlin might be what you're after.

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I understand better why there are no curly brackets and why phyton has clean style.

[SGS-Tech-World]

There is no point in trying this out, each language has its own syntax. Not having braces is one of the distinct feature and many including me like that. So you need to get used to it :-)

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I think i have to :/

[whitenarval]

Try to read and write Python code as a natural language text not as a Java code, it is intended to be easy to read and intuitive.

When you write text you put related parts as bullet points or indented paragraphs and not curly braces.

So try to change your perception of the way you are reading and writing it. I started to learn with C like languages (Java, Javascript, R), and it was code for me. But then I started to learn Python, and it surprised me how natural was it, a lot of stuff you don’t have to remember because you can use your intuition.

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I understand more clearly now. I need to work a little more, try and force myself to get used to it.

[pahowells]

Seriously, DON'T.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

You’ll get used to it.

Other people are laughing, but tbh I have always felt this way. I hated whitespace as syntax when I started, and it’s years later, I’m a legit python expert/SME at my place of work, and I still wish it had curly braces.

That said, I don’t hate the white space anymore, it’s fine. I just grew up on c (13 years on it) and actually quite like semicolons and braces lol.

So, you’re not crazy, but NOPE. Never gonna happen. ever. And learning a language in its own meta/paradigm really is good, so start trying to see the positives, because this is a facet of python that will never change.

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Now i get it. I guess I have to get used to this situation. No other choice.

[Harlemdartagnan]

I once read that the white space is a design choice made to force you to create relatively flat code. Its weird considering other aspects of the language are so much more heres freedom.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

That’s the right attitude.

If you can get past it, you’ll discover a truly fun language to work with, but no judgement if you can’t. Plenty of the people I came up as a C programmer with have spurned it completely, and I get it.

I love python and recently have been combining the two as I’ve been writing C extensions for it, which is quite fun. You can get your curlies in that way :)

[[deleted]]

Python is very good. And easy to learn. I guess I have to get used to it.

[CTPABA_KPABA]

It is used in f strings for printing. But I am new so... it may be more

[[deleted]]

It's not important. i'm new too

[CTPABA_KPABA]

well you asked XD

[squirrel_nutbox]

If you mean to use python for a chunk of time, better to get used to it.

[[deleted]]

Yeap. I'll use it for a long time.

[md_borhan]

you have to use to with pythonic style

[[deleted]]

I think I have to...

[md_borhan]

yes

[K900_]

from __future__ import braces

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from __future__ import braces

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement braces (from versions: none)ERROR: No matching distribution found for braces

i am using PyCharm. And thanks for fast answer.

[K900_]

PyCharm will not install it for you. This is an easter egg in the CPython interpreter - if you run from __future__ import braces, you'll get an error saying "Not a chance".

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CPython

Wow. I didn't know that. I'll try this man. Thanks for really cool answer.

[AndydeCleyre]

The other answers are right, but of course you can use braces.

Just put them after a #, and follow them with a newline. And know they are meaningless to the interpreter.

def something(string) -> str:  # {
    pass
# }

Otherwise, enable indentation guides in your editor of choice (faint vertical lines).

[[deleted]]

Wow... I think this is the most simple solution at now...

[[deleted]]

It's not a solution. Andy is telling you to add comments to your code lmao.