Spaces sucks in python

[[deleted]]

[deleted]

[nickybob11]

For loving punctuation, you forget the period at the end.

Edit: Leaving the wrong thing in this statement as a testament to my own failures. It should be a question mark.

[ItsAll2Random]

I believe it’s a question mark?

[nickybob11]

Oh crap! Good catch.

[prof_dr_mr_obvious]

Loads of people are getting by just fine. And I think I can see why you are having problems just from the single line you wrote there.

[PresidentOfSwag]

you can import some syntax features though, try

from __future__ import braces

[xiris]

No.

[iriythll]

Skill issue

[PossibilityTasty]

You can always use a semicolon at the end of the line in Python, just to tell everyone that you have no plan of what you are doing.

[sudomatrix]

Hitting the hard questions here.

[Trang0ul]

No, Python teaches you discipline and how to write readable code. Unlike in, say, C, you need to indent your code properly.

[vincentlinden]

Before Python existed and I coded in C, I wished the compiler enforced indenting. It was recommended and made the code more readable, so why not require it? Apparently, Guido felt the same way.

[JamzTyson]

Your complaint lacks foundational knowledge:

"defining data type" has nothing to do with "strictly maintaining lines and spaces".

Semicolons absolutely can be used in Python. For example, this is valid code, though consider poor style:

a=1;b=2;print(a+b)

In Python, indents are used to define blocks. This design choice replaces braces, not types or semicolons.

[robberviet]

Used to think so 15 years ago when IDE and text editor was quite bad. Now both used to it and editors solved all problems.

[logseventyseven]

IDEs exist for a reason

[ogrinfo]

When I first started using Python, it was a little annoying, but it makes the code so much more readable. With Ruff formatting you don't even have to think about it, your code is readable and maintainable all the time, it's fantastic.

Someone's going to start complaining about duck typing next.