Re: Python

On 16/12/2025 22:19, Left Right via Python-list wrote:
>> Well the fact is an editor that does not automate indenting blocks to
>> one degree or another will make Python much more difficult to learn and
>> use, and his experience with Python will not be positive.  The editor
>> not making Python indenting easy to manage is in reality the problem the
>> original poster appears to be having.  Since Python uses white space as
>> structure, there's no real good way around this, other than using an
>> editor that makes that easier. Thus it's totally appropriate to suggest
>> a better tool.
> No. Again. This is not your place. Not anyone else's to suggest users
> switch their editor to anything else. What you do is just being a jerk
> by not admitting the problem with Python and blaming it on the user.
> It's Python designers that made bad choices that made Python difficult
> to use in a simple text editor. The authors of the simple text editor
> have done the right thing by making it simple.
>
> Perhaps you are too used to the way Python looks, and see "nothing
> wrong" with it. But to an outsider this thread reads similar to how a
> corporate "customer satisfaction" department would try to dismiss
> customer's complaints by blaming them on the customer misusing the
> product, while it was obviously the product's fault.
>
> The right thing to say is that, unfortunately, Python is this way and
> due to technical problems will not be fixed. No fixes are planned. If
> the user prefers to use their editor, they may choose a different
> language (I mentioned Prolog earlier as an example, but there are
> plenty more languages with more palatable grammar), or they will have
> to learn to live with the problem. The user or their equipment is not
> the cause of the problem.

Some programming languages use braces {...}, others use words begin...end, and so on.

However, even in those languages, indentation is still recommended to make the structure of the code clearer.

No-one's stopping you from using a simple text editor. It's just that an editor that can auto-indent and has syntax colouring will make your life easier and let you spot mistakes quicker.