``**kwargs`
“No, I don’t use type annotations because they don’t actually do anything. In fact I purposefully give this parameter different types for different behaviors. How is that confusing?”
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MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoWelcome to java, we have a couple unconventional ways of doing things, but overall I’m like every other mainstream oo language.
People: AHH! Scary!
Welcome to python. your knowledge of me wont help you elsewhere as my syntax is purposefully obtuse and unique. Forget about semicolons, one missed space and your code is as worthless as you after learning this language.
People: Hello based department
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
lurklurk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Python has its drawbacks but it also has a pretty useful standard library so as a language for small scripts, one can do much worse
PanArab@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
It is possible to dislike both. For me SmallTalk-like languages are peak.
Classy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Oh my god I got fucked by a python script once because of a single space. It took forever to figure out what went wrong
TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I refuse to code in Python without a really good IDE and linting like PyCharm. When using PyCharm it’s very rare I have issues like this, because it catches them in one way or another, but I notice it catches those kinds of issues a lot when I’m coding soooooooo…
I have also setup the IDE to specifically color code comments like
End If
and
Next
in the same style as their beginning statements as I find it much easier to visually scam through code when they are present.
greenkarmic@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
You can’t use Python without a linter. I have everything setup in vscode to use tabs yet copilot autocomplete insists on inserting random spaces everywhere creating indentation errors. The linter is essential to quickly see and fix them.