r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
> bartc <b...@freeuk.com> writes:
>>Note that your reverse-indentation style is confusing!
>
> In Python, indentation can be significant.
>
> Sometimes, some lines in Python must be indented by 0.
>
> This dictates that Python code cannot be indented
> in posts to differentiate it from the natural-language
> body of the post. Therefore, it's rather the
> natural-language body that has to be indented.
It does not /dictate/ it. It just makes it convenient for people with
certain news readers. If you posted
def f(x):
return x*x
I can select the block starting in column 2 and paste it into a python
REPL quite easily. I prefer software that copes with existing
conventions rather than have the conventions change to make it easy for
the software.
But if I felt I should not indent my python code, I would certainly not
indent my text commentary.
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