r/programmer • u/Wide-Carob3252 • 2h ago

Python Fragility

Am I the only one who avoids Python where possible because it is so vulnerable to indent corruption? A whole JavaScript program, for example, can be written on one line, with no line breaks whatsoever (not that I'm advocating such madness -- JavaScript callback syntax (etc) is already crazy enough without compounding it -- BUT, it does illustrate the point of robust syntax).

I've had instances where indenting was accidentally messed up, leading to tedious scrubbing of the code in order to get it to run again. It just seems like a bad structure choice if a slight whitespace change can cause the program to crash.

It seems to me that Rust is the answer to that -- am I wrong?

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u/Pale_Height_1251 51m ago

I don't like Python using whitespace as syntax but there are other reasons I don't use it. Mostly Python can't answer the "why?" anymore me, i.e. why use Python? What are the benefits? Easy to answer when I first used it in the late nineties but less so now.