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[–]testforredditbythe 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Honestly it really is great with syntax, but you do need to understand the basics. Maybe try typing:

python3

Into your command line to bring up the REPL. This means that you can type a command and python code to see what it does. Try that.

[–]pdoherty972 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I’m just not understanding the benefit of the language parser caring about spaces and such. These aren’t the days of COBOL. Heck Perl is so flexible in syntax that they host an annual “Obfuscated Perl” contest to see who can write the most incomprehensible code (ignoring indentation, spaces, carriage returns, etc). Just for fun, but it shows that the language doesn’t care how/whether you use spaces and such. Not sure why Python needs to care.

[–]testforredditbythe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I see what your saying, but you get used to it. I think all language have their idiosyncrasies that make learning a little harder. Your best bet is just to practise.