skepller
MichalI like this. I also like yaml, I’ve had very few issues with it and it’s nicer to work with than json.
Json’s lack of support for trailing commas and comments makes it very annoying for everyday use.
softwarist
Because I am not counting white space when I read. Or should we just write machine code straight away?
Not sure I’m following the jump from significant white space to machine code. How are those related?
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.
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
Indentation is a secondary notation that is often intended to lower cognitive load for a programmer to understand the structure of the code.
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
That’s not a coherent argument, but you don’t have to agree with me. I think this discussion has run its course.