On 10/6/2018 3:47 PM, C W Rose via Python-list wrote:
Ryan Johnson <rj.amdphr...@gmail.com> wrote:
The point that OP is trying to make is that a fixed standard that is
distinguishable from the even-spacing Tab-length convention in code and
text editors will establish a level of trust between the end developer and
upstream developers or co-developers who may not have the same development
environment. For example, the first Python library I ever tried to use was
poorly maintained and had spaces on one line with tabs on the next, and the
author mixed naming conventions and syntax from Python 2 and 3 in his code.
That type of experience doesn’t exactly instill trust in the coding
language’s standards, when a noob tries to use a library they found and
ends up having to debug weird errors with weirder error messages on the
first project they do.
The view of the Python Gods (TM) is that significant whitespace make
Python much easier to use, particularly for the inexperienced.
This seems completely irrelevant to Ryan's comment, which was about
mixing whitespace, not eliminating it.
If you disagree, then use another language.
Given the absence of any complaint about using whitespace, this seems
rude. Did you actually read what Ryan wrote?
(Leibnitz had some snappy phrases on the subject of Theodicy, which
explain the matter clearly.)
How it this a response to the Python style question?
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