• Shanmugha@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Human and machine read differently. If you ignore that (in case with indentation), then why bother with writing human-friendly form of code, when what is going to be really executed is something else?

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      9 days ago

      If anything, that sounds like an argument in favor of significant indentation, not against it. Humans and machines read differently, yes, which is why we tend to add whitespace and indentation to code even for programming languages where it’s not significant. We do that expressly because it makes the code more human-friendly, so it’s quite the opposite of ignoring their differences.

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        8 days ago

        No, it is an argument against it. We indent code so that it is more comfortable to read it, not in order to make it easier to understand

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            8 days ago

            Lol. Go on, show me how it is easier to understand structure of the code when I am 3 levels down, first two are already out of sight

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              8 days ago

              That’s not a coherent argument, but you don’t have to agree with me. I think this discussion has run its course.

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                8 days ago

                What a nice way to say “I can’t back my standpoint up”. Anyway, do have a good day