• mindbleach
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    1 year ago

    Load-bearing whitespace is the fucking devil. This thread about hot takes is topped by a comment highlighting how people can’t even agree what kind of whitespace to use.

    Python - you want code to fail if someone from one camp copy-pastes code from another camp, and the characters that make a difference are invisible?

    • NBJack@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      Load bearing whitespace. Damn, I love that phrase.

      Also, if you have to have agreement on the tabs or spaces argument in your codebase in order to get it to compile, you have already lost.