On 2011-08-16, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.pra...@jpmorgan.com> wrote: >What exactly is the downside to indentation as flow control?
I think a lot of it is personal taste or differences in how peoples' brains work. I don't want "free form code", I don't want to write stuff that isn't correctly indented. I want a visual cue I can match up with the start of a loop so I know for sure what I meant, and a way to recover code in the event of Something Going Wrong. >I am not sure why people are so stuck on braces. I figured other >people would be like me and tired of having to do things like >figuring out where I missed an end brace. For me, if I've made an error of that category, the options are: 1. In C, finding out where I missed an end brace, because the compiler warned me, so I go look for an outdent without a brace. 2. In Python, having no clue at all what's wrong or why the program isn't running, and having no cue I can look to to see where the error occurred. Basically, it's parity bits. I love me some parity bits. :) I also recognize that this is a matter of taste; there are sound reasons for other people to have different preferences. -s -- Copyright 2011, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
