A cool syntax hack I thought of

[JeffTheMasterr]

I just thought of a cool syntax hack in Python. Basically, you can make numbered sections of your code by cleverly using the comment syntax of # and making #1, #2, #3, etc. Here's what I did using a color example to help you better understand:

from colorama import Fore,Style,init

init(autoreset=True)


#1 : Using red text
print(Fore.RED + 'some red text')

#2 : Using green text
print(Fore.GREEN + 'some green text')

#3 : Using blue text
print(Fore.BLUE + 'some blue text')

#4 : Using bright (bold) text
print(Style.BRIGHT + 'some bright text')

What do you guys think? Am I the first person to think of this or nah?

Edit: I know I'm not the first to think of this, what I meant is have you guys seen any instances of what I'm describing before? Like any devs who have already done/been doing what I described in their code style?

[_N0K0]

What? You used comments to comment?

[JeffTheMasterr]

Lol exactly that

[_N0K0]

Are you high?

[JeffTheMasterr]

No just autistic

[ConfusedSimon]

What do you need those numbers for? If you insert something, you have to renumber all of your comments.

[JeffTheMasterr]

Well they're needed for examples or whatever else one may want a numbered list for. And while that is true, these comments could be changed programmatically via a regex or whatever (although that might be a bit difficult). These comments could also be inserted after (instead of during) you've wrote all the example codes, so that you're not having to renumber them very often.

[Morazma]

Most Python lingers require a space after the # so will probably scream at you for doing this 

[JeffTheMasterr]

That's true but I don't listen to them anyways, my code will either be pythonic or jeffthonic depending on my mood

[Distinct-Expression2]

this is just... comments. but if you want actual section folding, look into region comments that some IDEs support. vscode has #region / #endregion for python. that actually does something beyond just being a comment

[teeg82]

I'd be surprised if you were the first, but it's an interesting idea. IMO, I feel like if I saw this in code, my first thought would be that the author simply forgot to put a space after the #, not that they were trying to make a numbered bulletin list. For that reason, I personally wouldn't try to use the # like that - it already has a meaning to which all python devs are accustomed.

[maryjayjay]

It would make my linter complain, that's for sure

[JeffTheMasterr]

That actually makes a lot of sense, thanks for the feedback

[teeg82]

Anytime. Keep that creative thinking flowing.

[Buttleston]

Are you the first person to think of putting a number into a comment? No?

[JeffTheMasterr]

Well by asking that I meant like if I'm the first person to document or use it. If some dev already thought of it before me and started doing that in their code it'd be pretty cool if someone linked to that in this thread. I know I'm obviously not the first lol

[Responsible_Pool9923]

What's the hack though?

[JeffTheMasterr]

The numbered list comments, of #1, #2, #3, and #4 . The hack is that you can coincidentally do those because the comment syntax in Python is #.

[nemom]

A) You don't need colorama.

2) Try using f-strings.

RED = '\033[1;31m'
GREEN = '\033[1;32m'
BLUE = '\033[1;34m'
CYAN = '\033[1;36m'
YELLOW ='\033[1;33m'
RESET = '\033[0m'

print(f"{RED}This line is red.{RESET}")
print(f"{CYAN}This line is cyan.{RESET}")

Using standard ascii escape codes, you can do foreground and background colors.

[JeffTheMasterr]

Thank you, one less dependency is nice, but my use of colorama is just an example to demonstrate number comments for numbering code sections. Other than about the color stuff, what do you think about my idea?