[sf-perl] Python indentation grumble
Chris Palmer
chris at noncombatant.org
Sun Apr 2 17:09:43 PDT 2006
Rich Morin writes:
> At 2:57 PM -0700 4/2/06, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > This is how python *works*, Rich. One might as well bitch about
> > weak variable typing in Perl.
>
> If this is true, disallowing an arbitrary first-level indent is simply
> a mistake, and one which (like allowing tabs as indentation) YAML does
> not make.
Complaining about the syntactic aspect of language design on a Perl list
causes the irony sensor in my cerebellum to burn painfully. Please
stop.
Can we please follow Josh's lead and complain about semantics instead?
Thanks.
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