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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by unethical_ban on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:57PM (#18712091)
Literally anything other than spaces that allowed easier linting, less "wait am I doing it right" regarding multi-line statements, etc.

If that is a keyword, or brackets, or whatever, I would prefer that. You can't minify or easily lint python. And you can't easily tell if there are mixed indent methods (tabs/spaces) and IDEs struggle with it vs. a simple bracket structure.

(This is a rare repost within a thread. I'm punching that card for 2018. Whitespace significance is my #1 issue with Python. I love the language, hate this feature.)

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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by joshuamorton on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:20PM (#18712751)
What linting is difficult in Python?

I find that the linting available in Python is better than that in c++, though c++ has better auto complete.

Minification of most of Python is possible, although shouldn't be considered of any value since it's not passed over the wire to a user.

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