"xbmuncher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
visually see the code blocks as well as saves me constant pain when
the
compiler complains about broken/missing indents in the code.*
Have you tried tabnanny that will fix up mixtures of tabs and
spaces - which is the most common cause of indentationn
errors in my experience
Personally I haven't had an indentation error in months. I just
get used to only using spaces.
would be great if there was an editor for python or a plugin for an
existing
program to be able to use curly brackets { } when defining code
blocks, and
then maybe with a push of a button it can convert the curly bracket
style
code that ignores indents to the indent sensitive code that the
python
compiler wants.
There is a unix program called indent that does the indentation bit,
you would need to modify it to remove the braces (and of course
keep the braces on dictionary definitions!)
times I'm constantly trying to hunt down indentation problems in
code
(usually other people's code).
Really? Then I assume it didn't work in the first place?
Once code works you shouldn't get indentation errors unless
you modify it. (And thats where mixing tabs and spaces becomes
an issue and tabnanny can help.)
Even visually a lot of people write their lines like this:
def funcName(arg):
bla bla bla
more content of function
if (this == that)
do this
Thats would be an errror if the condition is supposed
to be inside the function. So nobody should be writing code
like that! :-)
We often see that on the mailing list but its usually the
result of email reformatting in transit.
Simple indentation errors can be a nightmare in determining whether
if
statements and other code blocks are inside of another code block or
not....
when all that seperates them is a single bad indent, which could be
the
error you're looking for, or what it that way in the begg!
I agree it can be frustrating when dealing with other peoples
faulty code. I have had to struggle with that. But then, I've had to
struggle
with that in C too because of the inconsistency of styles in C bracing
- single line blocks don;t need it, multi lines do. And the
indentation
of braces is a huge cause for debate
if (foo) {
code
}
if (foo)
{
code
}
if (foo)
{
code
}
etc...
When different coders mix styles then working out whats intended
is at least as diffixcult as in Python IMHO.
Also, another idea is to edit the compiler somehow or create
soem kind of process/script that all scripts with teh curly
brackets will get removed before being processed...
Good luck but I don;t think you'd have a chance of getting it
accepted officially. Most python users, me included, love the
absence of block markers! I'd even like to get rid of the colon!
Alan G.
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