python newbie: some surprises

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On May 8, 2:06 am, v4vijayakumar <vijayakumar.subbu... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> When I started coding in python, these two things surprised me.
>
> 1. my code is inconsistently indented with the combination of tabs and
> spaces. Even lines looked intended, but it is not.

You must type inconsistently.

I never had such a problem even when I used to use Notepad.

>
> 2. python requires to pass "self" to all instance methods

Who uses methods?

>
> and I missed ":" often. :)

Try using something like Seed7, where you have to use "then" with
"if" and "do" with "while" and "end" in every block. Maybe you'll
come to appreciate significant whitespace and ":".