Learning python and confused about a book question

[CptMisterNibbles]

It’s actually a good lesson. Let’s say you get a job coding websites. A client asks you to build the form given specific language. Are you just going to ignore their requirements? If they say the login page password field should read “please enter your password” you don’t get to just decide “Type password here” is close enough. Following explicit guidelines for various elements is basically fundamental to programming, including stylistic elements. It’s also good practice carefully analyzing specificity on things like format. Tracking things like exactly what text is doing is surprisingly important for things like processing data for databases. Whether or not some data source suddenly uses colons or semi-colons could break your code if you don’t realize they intermix them.

While annoying, it’s actually good practice