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Re:Black: An uncompromising Python code formatter by zestyping on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:12PM (#17159768)
Sometimes it's helpful just to have a decision; any decision, followed consistently, is better than no decision or continued debate. This is one of those situations.

So I don't read "opinionated" to necessarily mean "better than your opinions"; it's more like "makes decisions for you so you can avoid the cost of debating them."

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Re:Black: An uncompromising Python code formatter by yycom on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:42PM (#17159885)
And what if I have already incurred the cost and am happy with my decisions, and they differ to yours? I now cannot use your potentially useful tool, even if 90% of our decisions do accord with each other. That's disappointing.
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