What is unique about Python?

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Sat Dec 24 15:54:34 EST 2005


"KraftDiner" <bobrien18 at yahoo.com> writes:

> I like python.. Its ok.. One thing that I find a bit dangerous it the
> use
> of the tab character for indentation.. I've had copy and pasts loose
> indentation on me and its theoretically impossible to really figure out
> what the indentation should be.

So don't use tabs. Use spaces.

>  I think for the extra effort it would have taken to put brackets in
> the language it would increase a lot of peoples confidence in using
> it for codeing...

It would decrease mine. It would mean I can't just look at the code to
check control flow, I actually have to check the blasted brackets.

      <mike

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