This is why linting and auto-format on save exists in IDEs. Don’t make things harder on yourself.
I have a plugin in VSCode to remind me not to forget the semicolons
I was brought up on C, did a module of Java at uni, and am doing an algorithms course which is python heavy.
My other half - who’s quite handy with Python - looks in sheer horror at my code which is littered with semicolons.
I was stumped for half an hour figuring out why the Python interpreter was bouncing an error before it had even reached the main program logic… turns out a { before the block of code royally ruins the interpreter’s day.
Still, I live and learn.
Folks acting like Python is the only language without semicolons. 😏
I got tripped up so many time in the last 3 weeks using PHP after years in ML family languages. I am already newlining & it’d be poor style to put more than one statement on a line so what is the point of these semicolons?
it’d be poor style to put more than one statement on a line
Unlike Python, most languages do not endorse a specific concept of style. You’re free to dabble in all the bad style choices you like, on the off chance that once in a blue moon they prove to be situationally useful.
PythonAmateur programmersThat’s actually me removing semicolons from Python.
import " " as ;
I;don’t;think;that;helps
can I interest you in some delicious linters
For bonus points take their code and completely go wild with utterly random indentation and line breaks, just to drive the point home. 😈
Pfff just randomly replace tabs with 4 spaces and see the world burn
4 spaces is the preferred pythons is happy with either but the standard is 4 spaces. Vscodium ensures that.
Your editor is happy with either, but is it happy with both?
My editor will take either and convert it to 4 spaces. Python can use spaces or tabs but not both in the same file.
Buahahahah I know what to do next commit
Its the python equivalent of a Greek question mark
Plot twist https://programming.dev/post/12825985
I was taught python by my school but I would rather write in other languages but the difference in formatting still gets me after years
How does one manually add a semicolon? vs. automatically?
JS formatters add them if the project requires it
Manually would be if it prompted you every time you every time the program inserts one. No, wait…
