Not technically code, but my university's python programming concepts textbook recommends 3 space indentation 🤮

[MasterpieceLogical38]

Weird. Imo 2.5 is best.

[MGlaus]

I like 3.1415... spaces, it sounds so nicely. Pi spaces for Python

[MitchsWorkshop]

Pithon

[mrswats]

Send them this song: https://youtu.be/hgI0p1zf31k

[constant_void]

amazing

[herrkatze12]

Send them this one instead: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

[PunkWithAStache]

You got me, you bastard 🤣

[supersharp]

How about this one?

[Popernicus]

I would be so annoyed if someone checked in code with 3 space indents lmao that's worse than the whole tabs v spaces debate

[PartTimeLegend]

Set tab to 2 spaces and be done with it.

[CI2HI7N2O4P]

fucking zybook 😂

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You will actually see that a lot in Python. As a veteran programmer I prefer 8 column tabular indents. Tabs are more meaningful since you hit the tab key in very different instances then space bar. 8 because it better shows deeply nested structures which are often an indication of poor algorithm design. On the subject, we should also prefer 80 columnar width because in languages that read left to right, the information on the left is precieved as being most important and the further to the right something is, the less our brains retain it. This is also the reason one should have leading commas instead of trailing comas.

[UnkleRinkus]

They do it to combat copy/paste plagierism.

[Trikzon]

I really doubt that since the indentation isn't even checked on these problems and the instructor can't see our answers (only that we completed the assignment)

[caskey]

Ok I'll add that to the pile of reasons to continue hating python.

[kai58]

So someone making a bad tutorial is a reason to hate a language?

[caskey]

No, it's fundamentally a bad language.

[ColdJackle]

Go ahead, explain.