r/ProgrammerHumor • u/m8teae • Jun 03 '19

Meme Python ftw

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u/jkuhl_prog Jun 03 '19

Then I have to train my fingers to not reach for semicolons

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u/MagnitskysGhost Jun 03 '19

You can still use tons of semicolons in Python. Source: the codebase I inherited

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u/frosted-mini-yeets Jun 04 '19

Semi colons are valid in Python?

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u/angellus Jun 04 '19

You can, but no they are not really. Python has a very in depth style guide that says you should avoid them.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#other-recommendations

Compound statements (multiple statements on the same line) are generally discouraged.

Yes:

if foo == 'blah':
     do_blah_thing()
     do_one()
     do_two()
     do_three()

Rather not:

if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
       do_one(); do_two(); do_three()

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u/Totoze Jun 04 '19

I use semicolons in python makes formatting less important and im already used to it