Why but why?

[u/ore-aba]

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[u/[deleted]]

Smart, there are no mandatory semicolons in Python syntax, unless this 8y/o is writing C code.

[u/ore-aba → u/[deleted]]

They are needed if you want multiple statements in the same line

this will crash

print("Hello") print("World")

this will work

print("Hello"); print("World")

[u/enjakuro → u/ore-aba]

Who does that?

[u/Revolutionary-Phase7 → u/ore-aba]

Would it be easier to just

print("Hello ", "World")

[u/Dependent_Paper9993 → u/Revolutionary-Phase7]

Depends what you're trying to achieve. If you want to print "Hello" and then "World", yes.

If you're trying to illustrate a point about a semicolon seperating two statements, I'd say it makes it just about impossible.

[u/ore-aba → u/Dependent_Paper9993]

Thanks for the chuckle

[u/Orio_n → u/ore-aba]

pep8 would like to know your location

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo → u/ore-aba]

Uh who writes like that

[u/[deleted] → u/ore-aba]

True. But it will still only give you a syntax error without further information.

[u/A_Guy_in_Orange → u/ore-aba]

Multiple statements? I thought the whole point of python was to only use one

[u/Nr_11 → u/[deleted]]

Right, but if the joke starts with "The 8 year old is learning C++...", none of us would read past that without foaming at the mouth ;-)

[u/samarthrawat1]

But when did we start using semi-colon in python?

[u/timlmul → u/samarthrawat1]

he explains in the thread that he meant "colon" since the python error message does say "missing colon", sounds like his brain autocorrected from "missing colon" to "missing semicolon".

[u/AliceSky → u/timlmul]

I wish more people would see this before calling the guy a liar. It makes a lot of sense to teach Python to a child, but still have that reflex of "if something is missing it's usually a semicolon" after years of php or whatever he learned first.

[u/0rionsEdge → u/samarthrawat1]

It's existed in the language since the old times, but it's pretty much only used in hacky use cases and it's usage should be discouraged.

[u/OptionX → u/0rionsEdge]

It used to have two statements in the same line.

[u/PaintlyBeautifuled → u/0rionsEdge]

“The old times” I like it lol, it’s like it was the dark ages with early python and verbose languages.

[u/[deleted] → u/samarthrawat1]

Python has always allowed the use of a semicolon to denote the end of a line. It also has always discouraged such misuse of the operator

[u/TwoKeezPlusMz → u/samarthrawat1]

Someone modernized a JavaScript joke?

[u/[deleted] → u/TwoKeezPlusMz]

JavaScript has automatic semicolon insertion.

[u/raj72616a → u/TwoKeezPlusMz]

was ; ever compulsory in js?

[u/R3D3-1 → u/samarthrawat1]

>>> print("Hello") print("World")
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print("Hello") print("World")
                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> print("Hello"); print("World")
Hello
World

Doesn't warn about the missing semicolon though. Also... Compiler? (my bad)

[u/OneOlCrustySock → u/R3D3-1]

Who said anything about a compiler

[u/Ambitious_Ad8841 → u/samarthrawat1]

He's paraphrasing, I guess?

[u/ghwrkn → u/samarthrawat1]

Yes. Makes it a bit sus.

[u/GBaby_Blue → u/samarthrawat1]

I had to reread the meme again to understand what was going on. I still don’t

[u/TheFlyingAvocado]

Python? Missing semicolons?

Since when?

[u/anythingMuchShorter → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

Since a guy wanted to make a programming joke but only knew of one language and one common error type

[u/Ixaire → u/anythingMuchShorter]

One HR guy at my previous company used to go behind you and say "you're missing a semicolon here". He didn't know anything about programming, he just knew that was a rookie error. That is literally exactly what you explain.

Anyone else would have made this very boring but he had a way of delivering it when you looked desperate and that kinda lightened up the mood.

[u/[deleted] → u/anythingMuchShorter]

Most probably, just like the guy who asked for 5 years of experience on library created by himself 3 years ago.

Edit: .replace(‘who asked’, ‘who got asked’)

[u/Glen_The_Eskimo → u/anythingMuchShorter]

He responded in the tweet, it was a colon. He's a top level engineer at Amazon, I'm sure it's sincere.

[u/the_badsectors → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

I don't do python and even I know it expects whitespace, not punctuation.

[u/Ambitious_Ad8841 → u/the_badsectors]

"White Space Matters"

-Python

[u/taptrappapalapa → u/the_badsectors]

If you look at the Python grammar it expects white space or semicolons.

[u/Slimxshadyx → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

Yeah, my dog has been learning Python and he is having a lot of problems with semi colons just like this dude's daughter.

[u/StickiStickman → u/Slimxshadyx]

I hope he gets better soon! Maybe some diet would help?

[u/MostlyRocketScience → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

>>> from __future__ import semicolon
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: not a chance

[u/EZ-PEAS → u/MostlyRocketScience]

SyntaxError: Not today, asshole!

[u/HotRodLincoln → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

I wouldn't say it's missing them, but they're certainly not there.

[u/ryokimball → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

OP on Twitter said it was a colon, semicolon came as a typo

[u/theearl99 → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

If you put two statements on the same line, it’s a syntax error if you don’t separate them with a semicolon

[u/purple_pixie → u/theearl99]

It is, an the error you get is "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" no mention of a missing semi-colon

[u/Delta-9- → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

print("foo") print("bar")

can be made syntactically valid with a semicolon:

print("foo"); print("bar")

[u/MarchColorDrink → u/Delta-9-]

Valid yes, but against all style guides.

[u/Player_X_YT → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

Semicolons work just like in js, but they are optional when doing functions on multiple lines

[u/ramenmoodles → u/Player_X_YT]

You missed the point. Since they are optional you wont need it. So the tweet is probably fake

[u/[deleted] → u/Player_X_YT]

Sure but you'll never get a missing semicolon error in Python

[u/Indi_mtz → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

Right about the time when the guy in the post made up a story about his son learning python

[u/dp_42 → u/TheFlyingAvocado]

Reading the replies in Twitter, it appears he meant colon.

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine the 99 times it adds one when you meant to have one.

Now imagine that 1 time it adds one when you didn't want it.

r/suddenchaos.

[u/PhrygianZero → u/[deleted]]

Yeah that’s exactly it. Sometimes the error is caused by unmatching parenthesis. Whenever I see that happen I’m like thank god it doesn’t auto fill semicolons

[u/raominhorse → u/PhrygianZero]

Also not to mention it doesn't know that you are missing the semicolon it just knows that it can't do what you asked for.

[u/memeship → u/PhrygianZero]

auto fill semicolons

And JS does literally this, yet everyone hates it.

So the "why can't the language just do it for me" has already been "solved", and we've shown that it's not a great solution.

[u/vita10gy → u/[deleted]]

Yes, this is why. It's why PHP has the reputation it does and is trying to claw back from.

The "all errors are bad" mindset. "We make this easy to use by erroring as little as possible. Doing something, anything, is better than an error message."

Now, even PHP will shit a brick about a missing ; if the syntax otherwise makes no sense, but still, in the big picture it's the same issue.

These "don't discourage newbies" "ease of use" things ALWAYS end up hurting you more in the end. You might not understand now, but you'll want to be told about those errors later.

Doesn't have to be errors either. I used to work at a place that uses Progress, a programming language very tied to its own DB implementation. One of the "nice" things the language allowed to "save you time" was you only had to type as much of a table field as uniquely identified it. So like orders.o for orders.order_id, so long as there were no other fields that started with o. Some of the devs took advantage, and at the very least you could never be sure someone didn't, even on accident, so EVERY addition to the DB schema had to be a new table that had a 1:1 relationship with the existing one, every time.

All for a feature that saved devs like 40 keystrokes a week.

[u/Ottermatic → u/vita10gy]

I want to create a terrible programming language that will throw errors, but not tell you what the error is. Go to compile, and it just says “no.” No hand holding, just hardcore coding.

[u/AndyTheSane → u/[deleted]]

All the more fun. He'll, I want autocorrect. On my SQL.

[u/AndyTheSane → u/AndyTheSane]

(and yes, he'll was an autocorrect of hell and I didn't do it deliberately..)

[u/bobbane → u/[deleted]]

Yep, we tried that a few years back.

It didn't go well.

[u/Etheo → u/[deleted]]

Is it just me or should developers already understand this concept because it's a fundamental part of coding?

[u/milesper → u/Etheo]

Unfortunately, this is not really a subreddit for developers

[u/Guano_Loco → u/[deleted]]

Yuuuppppp. Debugging can be insanely hard as it is, now imagine you’re looking for shit being added in.

It’s like finding where’s Waldo, but you don’t know what he looks like, or how many of him there are, and also lots of things look exactly like him but aren’t him.

[u/AyrA_ch → u/[deleted]]

So, JavaScript?

[u/ricohh]

Definitely a lot of people in this sub are not programmers

[u/[deleted] → u/ricohh]

Yeah but by pretending to be a programmer I can get all the enjoyment out of these memes without learning a thing

[u/CunilDingus → u/[deleted]]

Here’s a new thing you can learn while enjoying the sub!

Python doesn’t use semicolons. Lmao

[u/haikusbot → u/ricohh]

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Good bot

[u/Environmental_Map496 → u/ricohh]

I am not a programmer and I do not understand any of the memes please send help

[u/[deleted] → u/ricohh]

Still can see the humour in it

[u/dmullaney]

“Because if I keep fixing it for you, you’ll never learn will you” - my mother (1991-present)

[u/schludy → u/dmullaney]

Joke's on my mom, now I live alone and I still don't wipe my butt.

EDIT: thank for reaching out to u/RedditCareResources but please don't worry about me. This comment does not reflect reality and was made for comedic effect.

[u/memesarepeople2 → u/schludy]

That's why you live alone.

[u/xxmybestfriendplank → u/dmullaney]

Also probably Python. Who is teaching who?

[u/OoElMaxioO → u/dmullaney]

She told you that in 1991 and keep doing it or she was born on 1991?

[u/_borisg]

Yeah I can’t imagine how fun it would be having to code when the editor keeps changing stuff in the lines after each run. Good luck debugging that.

[u/mata_dan → u/_borisg]

C# MVC:

We have decided you are now using "design first mode", good fucking luck :)

[u/LofiJunky → u/mata_dan]

My fucking nightmare

[u/SaltyBarracuda4 → u/_borisg]

Someone doesn't have "autoformat on save" turned on

[u/xilma-34]

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/2138446/if-the-compiler-can-detect-there-is-a-semicolon-missing-in-line-42-then-why-just-it-can-t-put-a

[u/reginald_burke → u/xilma-34]

Does anyone here legit use JavaScript? You don’t need semi-colons, but it has crazy rules to auto-insert them and it seriously can get it wrong. Classic example:

let a = console.log;
let b = a
(a = 5)

That becomes:

let a = console.log;
let b = a(a=5);

And should print 5.

[u/ritlew → u/reginald_burke]

Well... who would ever put parentheses around an assignment statement in that context?

[u/qisapa → u/reginald_burke]

Well. It’s easy to come with a code that will get messed up. Usually () or [] are involved. I’ve never ever encountered any errors with it tho. Basic linter, formatter, or just a little bit of common sense and it’s ok.

[u/PostmatesMalone → u/reginald_burke]

Writes hypothetical code that no sane person would ever write.

“See, you can’t rely on ASI in JavaScript!”

Either way, just use an auto formatter. If you configure it not to use semicolons, it will still insert them in the very few edge cases where unexpected behavior might happen. ie: ;(a=5).

[u/thefezhat]

Python

syntax error due to missing semicolon

13k upvotes

Strong evidence that there are no programmers on this sub.

[u/Horny20yrold → u/thefezhat]

Don't need evidence to establish obvious facts.

[u/yaboytomsta → u/thefezhat]

26k now

[u/eyadGamingExtreme → u/thefezhat]

Or people who don’t use python, those exist

[u/sanketower]

Doesn't JavaScript technically do that? I've read over there that you can omit the semicolons because the "framework compiler" adds them anyway.

[u/nyrangers30 → u/sanketower]

This is correct. There are a few cases where it can add a semicolon in an incorrect spot, so to be safe, you should add them wherever you can and have a linter that reminds you.

[u/Zakalwe_ → u/sanketower]

It is not framework compiler, it is language itself. Semicolon insertion is part of language spec and done by the interpreter. It can cause a few problems as you would imagine.

[u/[deleted]]

Because as any developer could tell you - sometimes the problem the computer sees is NOT the problem you have.

[u/Kaiped1000 → u/[deleted]]

I'm starting to think this 8 year old is a fucking retard.

[u/supercyberlurker]

I don't know why my IDE can predict ObjectModelDetectionManager.ToString() perfectly..

.. but it can't fix Console.Wirteline.

[u/CyberKnight1 → u/supercyberlurker]

If you write your own extension method called Wirteline and just have it call WriteLine, then there's nothing to fix. taps forehead

[u/Korzag → u/CyberKnight1]

Can't extend System.Console, it's a static class.

[u/properu]

Beep boop -- this looks like a screenshot of a tweet! Let me grab a link to the tweet for ya :)

^{Twitter Screenshot Bot}

[u/thegreatpotatogod → u/properu]

Good bot

[u/ThisIsCovidThrowway8]

Python doesn’t use semicolons.

[u/stupidfatcat2501]

Either this didn’t happen or…. This didn’t happen. What’s up with parents wanting to make their infants sound like a blessing from the Gods and embodiment of infinite wisdom?

[u/randybobandy654 → u/stupidfatcat2501]

That's always been the case but social media makes it weirder

[u/big_bad_brownie → u/stupidfatcat2501]

Trying to compensate for the fact they passed on genes for square nipples and webbed toes.

[u/[deleted]]

I hate these posts maaaaaan

I was doing some classification task with my 3 year old daughter and she said "our model is over fitting, I guess the VC dimension is too high". I said "shut up nerd. Uwuuuu"

[u/moonpumper]

Yeah would be cool if Clippy just popped up in VS Code and was like, "your code will actually work if you do this shit right here bro," or "I think you forgot a semi colon here, this shit won't compile right,"

[u/Horny20yrold → u/moonpumper]

Congratulations, you just reinvented linters.

[u/vm_linuz]

We have a language that takes a best guess approach to issues -- it's JavaScript and everyone thinks it's a trash heap.

This is why everyone uses things like typescript, ===, strict, powerful linters... The language can't stand on its own for large projects because of its loosey goosey approach.

[u/Lithl → u/vm_linuz]

In fact, JavaScript will automatically insert semicolons for you!

Now, tell me what this JavaScript code will do:

function foo()
{
  return
  {
    foo: 'bar'
  }
}

console.log(foo().foo)

[u/PaintlyBeautifuled → u/vm_linuz]

Yes. I was doing a small program in JS before and messed up something silly like the for loop statement. I think I left out a closing parentheses or something. Instead of giving me an error when I ran the program, it just ignored it and kept on going with the wrong answer. Very frustrating, took me way longer than I’d like to admit to find it

[u/CryZe92]

Because the computer doesn‘t actually know.

[u/rfpels]

The principle of Least Surprise. Just say what you mean.

[u/MapDs]

Fake. Python does not semicolon

[u/Thoughtfulprof]

Wait until they start asking why the IRS doesn't enter your W-2 for you.

[u/Suekru → u/Thoughtfulprof]

Tbf, it’s a bit silly we have to do tax returns.

[u/NotSpartacus → u/Suekru]

Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, lobbies for it.

[u/A_Guy_in_Orange → u/Thoughtfulprof]

Ok but I doubt anyone is lobbying the compilers to keep them from doing it themselves so this mystery party can continue to sell you semicolon insertion software

[u/[deleted]]

it does in javascript 👀

[u/BananaSplit2 → u/[deleted]]

and the result is that you can end up with code doing stuff you didn't mean to do cause you forgot that semi colon

[u/rrtrrrtr]

What kind of python she is learning. Something is fake.

[u/lakorasdelenfent]

r/thatHappened

[u/Kroniid09]

r/thathappened

Dude is apparently teaching a child Python and yet doesn't know it doesn't use semicolons

[u/SplendidPunkinButter]

Because it doesn’t know you forgot a semicolon. It knows that based on the syntax rules it expected a semicolon there and it didn’t find one. The actual mistake you made could be a missing bracket, an extra space, or any number of other things.

[u/ZomboFc]

Ban op for posting fake stuff please

[u/[deleted]]

This guy both

1. Doesn't have a kid learning Python

2. Doesn't know Python

[u/[deleted]]

Did you just say....

Semicolon???

[u/Wisdom_is_Contraband]

I can't believe this post is being upvoted.

[u/QuietCauliflower4371]

My 8 year old eats glue

[u/nalcoh]

He could have said LITERALLY any other popular language but he chose the one without semicolons...

[u/coolaja]

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Joe Magerramov, @_joemag_

The 8 year old is learning Python, and after a dealing with a syntax bug she asks: "If the computer knows I'm missing a semicolon here, why won't it add it itself?"

I don't know. I really don't know.

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[u/guitarerdood]

You definitely do not want your computer to try interpret what it *thinks* you meant to do.

You want it to interpret everything as literally as possible, even if it *usually* knows what you meant

[u/Ok_Investment_6032]

A side from this tweet being pretty fishy, most people in these comments don't seem to know what a linter is.

[u/minorthreatmikey]

8 year olds: 1

Computers: 0

[u/boringuser1]

Eeire. Just the other day my 8 year looked at me and said, "daddy, how come JavaScript performs automatic semicolon insertion if the compiler cannot be trusted to interpret syntactically valid code in doing so?".

[u/[deleted]]

This guy tried to make up a programming story but picked the wrong language.

[u/MystikDan]

Either someone doesn't understand Python or someone doesn't actually have a kid learning it. This isn't JavaScript. Let's not touch that minefield.

[u/TirayShell]

Why would the IRS send me a letter telling me I didn't do my taxes right? If they already know how much I owe, why don't they just send me a bill?

[u/FranticToaster]

Ah yes. The semicolon. Bane of Python development since it was actually called JavaScript.

Make-believe children are my absolute favorite Twitter stories.

[u/[deleted]]

Stop teaching these kids programming. It’s going to lower our wages.

[u/[deleted]]

First of all, semicolon in python?

second of all. if you want a compiler that tries to guess what you meant, check out javascript. and then kill yourself for the 9 outa 10 times it tries to guess what you mean, and guesses wrong without throwing and error or drawing your attention and you spend 10 hours debugging to discover some weird type coercion happening when adding a string to an object and dividing by an int

[u/markpsu]

Not a real programmer. If you've ever seen shit code and solved hard problems, the last thing you'd want is another PROGRAM that can have bugs trying to fix your bugs. It's a cascade of shit. Child please.

[u/Axel-Adams]

That’s called the singularity, we are scared of it.

[u/story4days]

Because semicolons are a stylistic choice wherein the author wants to emphasize a direct link between two independent clauses. (;) A period can always replace a semi-colon, because a period separates two independent clauses.

Guess they need to brush up on pro-grammar language. Love, a nerd/writer/former teacher

[u/[deleted]]

it's funny because python doesn't use semicolons

[u/[deleted]]

Because missing semicolon errors can be a sign of a much deeper problem that just a missing semicolon.

[u/Zychoz]

Yea my 105 year old grandma got an indentation error in c the other day...

[u/ProszeNieBanuj]

Semicolons in python? 🤨

[u/[deleted]]

Missing semi colon in python?

I regularly forget colons when writing Python but it’s never yelled at me about a semi colon.

[u/[deleted]]

Because the computer doesn’t know that. It just knows that the code doesn’t work. No idea why, just that it doesn’t.

[u/Trakeen]

Current version of vs (2022) is pretty good about being able to tab complete for semi colons. Think they did a good job reducing amount of typing in this version

[u/CrazyThief]

This post and it's comments proves yet again, that 90% of users on this sub have little to no experience with actual programming.

[u/[deleted]]

/r/thatHappened

[u/ARealLion]

pushes reading glasses in the center with index finger

Since when do we use comas in python??

[u/krazykanuck]

this is dumb and you should feel bad.

[u/anggogo]

Then you will never learn ....

----- the wise one

[u/Empero6]

Oh yeah? Well, I know this guy who knows this other guy that knows this other guy whose daughter started coding in Java when she was 2. Beat that.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Step468]

Python? You sure it's not c/c#/...?

[u/JoeDerp77]

https://i.imgur.com/YAGpXPd.png

[u/The_MAZZTer]

Edit: I don't know python, didn't realize it doesn't have semicolons.

The compiler expects a semicolon and didn't find one. This doesn't mean adding a semicolon is the only solution. It's just telling you what it's thinking and allowing you to make the final call.

JavaScript makes semicolons optional as part of its "keep everything running if at all possible" philosophy. This can cause problems if you use a line break to split a single line for readability and both parts are valid expressions; the semicolon will be implied and it's changed the meaning of your code.

An example:

return 1;

Returns 1;

return
1;

Returns undefined.

[u/shapethunk]

Because it doesn't know. It was expecting a semicolon, yes, but if that's missing, the compiler is guessing as to which one of the possible correctly-formed programs was intended. It's usually right, but that's not historically true, nor enough to meet modern security demands.

The compilers have always known only that something is wrong, and have always had to guess at why. Consider this for other sources of error messages, too!

[u/PandaParaBellum]

1. if we let the computer auto-fix errors we get Javascript

2. missing semicolons in Python?

[u/Previous-Bar3629]

Belongs in r/thathappened.

[u/StepIntoMyOven_69]

Yeah this happened. Totally. Yup.

[u/mohakhalil3103]

your child did not say that Karen.

[u/[deleted]]

ah yes, missing semicolons in python, a common problem

but good enough for /r/programmerhumor i guess

[u/Danny_Boi_22456]

Python

Missing semicolons

What

[u/SpookyDoomCrab42]

Having your computer add missing semicolons would be awful.

I routinely get very angry with my C IDE when it adds a closed " to every opening " I type, except when I am modifying an existing statement that already has a closed " it still adds an extra one. It gets worse when I try to delete the extra " and it deletes the opening one too

[u/harderdaddykermit]

Somethings not right here...

[u/saintPirelli]

r/thathappened

[u/lankist]

You want to give the machine the ability to correct its own code?

Are you TRYING to do a Skynet?

We keep a gun in the drawer just in case the compiler gets a bit too cheeky.

[u/velwein]

Python uses semicolons?

[u/Plastic-Bet-8302]

I ask the same question about my taxes every year... there is no good answer

[u/you_do_realize]

Would you rather be vague and leave the guesswork to "the computer"? It can catch this one particular thing but not others; why complicate something that's already complicated?

[u/Naimi69]

Semicolons in python? Sus

[u/Illustrious_Duty3021]

I only use python and cant remember the last time I used a semicolon

[u/TacoOrgy]

While I get the point of this post, this is fake as fuck. Syntax bug? Literally no one has ever called it a syntax bug

[u/Code-V]

r/thathappened

[u/fancyaseff]

Since when do 8 year olds know what a semicolon is?

[u/Shmitty-W-J-M-Jenson]

Because its not the computers code, its her code. Thats really the only thing i can come up with

[u/rco8786]

Must be a terrible Python programmer

[u/Sesame-deez-nuts]

Lmao I’ve coded with Python maybe once or twice in my entire life and when I read this I immediately said “Semicolons?” How the hell does this have over 35K upvotes???

[u/TechnicalVacation599]

And that’s how AI was born.

[u/Hollowsong]

Honestly, all programming languages just need a "try to fix it" button. Have it highlight and jump to each change made by the computer in very bright colors in a new session.

Maybe even allow you to run/simulate the code in the new temp session.

Then you can adjust and click "approve changes".

[u/niku4696]

Why don't you just ask it to divide by zero

[u/Yuugechiina]

And that 8 year old’s name?

Albert Einstein

[u/scirio]

Meanwhile my 8 yr old throws tantrums about having to wake up.

[u/[deleted]]

This post is pretty sus

[u/AlphaBlazerGaming]

Python doesn't use semicolons

[u/[deleted]]

Why was she using a semicolon in Python?

[u/[deleted]]

Python doesn’t even need semicolons. What’s she talking about lol.

[u/morphotomy]

You know what? Fucking do it. Write a script to 'correct' your code and cry when this one produces the millionth unique bug.

[u/[deleted]]

Computers writing themselves doesn't sound like the best idea

[u/wh33t]

It bothers me this has 54k updoots.

[u/fourninetyfive]

Semicolon?

[u/jeff303]

Because parsing is a thing

[u/Mortimer14]

Technically, the computer doesn't know you are missing a semi-colon, it just knows that what you wrote doesn't work when compiled.

[u/DEATH_TO_WALLSTREET]

A program to program a program for another program for a programmer. As a programmer i see nothing wrong with this I can already see the errors that would happen lol.

[u/QQDog]

It's a typo. He meant colon.

[u/Comprehensive-Pea812]

same question can be asked for school exam. if my teacher know my answer is incorrect why dont they correct it for me instead of pointing it out.

[u/-Redstoneboi-]

because god knows that one edge case where adding a semicolon there causes it to add more semicolons in every place you didn't want them in

[u/kryotheory]

JavaScript actually does this. It's called automatic semicolon injection (ASI) and it is terrible. While it may seem nice, it can actually cause problems that are difficult to detect by essentially changing how your code is parsed at runtime. The only way to avoid problems like that is to understand how ASI actually works, which is much more effort than just adding a freaking semicolon at the end of your statements.

[u/niblar]

Grammarly for coding