From: "Marcus Ramberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> example of a case where POD and YAML were causing new users
>>> confusion?
>>
>> YAML is hard to understand for a blind developer because if he
>> arrows up or down the text, he hears the current line spoken, but
>> he doesn't know how many spaces is that line indented.
>> YAML is useful only visually, but not all the programmers can see,
>> so from this point of view, other configuration modules are better.
>
> Does that mean it's impossible to code python if you are blind?
>
> Marcus
Nothing is impossible, but it is much harder.
Some blind users which became blind early enough and learned to use Braille,
can use a Braille display, and it is easier that way to "see" the indentation.
I can't read Braille, and a Braille display is pretty expensive anyway.
It is also possible to hear the number of spaces when using a voice
synthesizer, but it is not very friendly to use a language like Python. The
languages like perl, Java or C# that use blocks enclosed between { and } are
much more friendly.
Octavian
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