A modest indentation proposal
Michael Hudson
mwh at python.net
Fri Nov 30 05:38:48 EST 2001
Steve Lamb <grey at despair.dmiyu.org> writes:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:09:28 -0800, Erann Gat <gat at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> > It also IMO makes the language unsuitable for mission-critical applications.
> > It's just too easy to screw up indentation (particularly when cutting and
> > pasting large blocks of code) without realizing it.
>
> Hogwash, plain and simple. Either you know it because it is visually
> different or you know it when you test the application and it fails
> spectacularly. You /do/ test your mission-critical applications, don't you?
Erann works at NASA, so I'd hope so...
Cheers,
M.
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