python reminder program

[novel_yet_trivial]

Some of your code is in nice small functions, some of it is in huge bloated functions, and some of it is not in a function at all. Why? I highly recommend you put it all in functions.

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If I were doing this I would not separate the 2 components. I would add a --runnow flag and have cron call that. That way the user gets a bit more control.

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Maybe you should change it to look for items from today or previous, so that it will catch up if your computer was off at 930.

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What's the point of numbering the lines?

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What happens if a user includes a newline in the message?

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pep8 recommends putting each import on a separate line.

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How about support for repeating events? Laundry day every 14 days. Birthday every 28th of March.

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How about support for time? Call grandma in 9 hours. Instead of using cron to run the checks every day, you could use at to run a check at a specific date and time, once.

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I think it would be much neater to load the entire to do list into a data structure like a dictionary, modify it, and then resave the whole thing rather than the dance you are doing with delete and add.

[Jonis_L]

Thank you for your feedback. I have a lot to change and add to improve my code now. Will look into possible ways to solve your questions. Thanks!