why indentation should be part of the syntax

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Sun Mar 2 09:28:34 EST 2014


On 2014-03-03 01:08, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >     if ((err = SSLHashSHA1.update(&hashCtx, &signedParams)) != 0)
> > { goto fail;
> >         goto fail;
> >     }
> 
> Put it this way: If I saw two gotos in a row like that, with or
> without braces, I would be firing up gitk or git gui blame or
> something to figure out what happened.

That depends on actually seeing them in the first place :-)

Computers are great -- it's the people interacting with them (both on
the coding-end and the user-end) that cause problems every time ;-)

-tkc






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