I was brought up on C, did a module of Java at uni, and am doing an algorithms course which is python heavy.

My other half - who's quite handy with Python - looks in sheer horror at my code which is littered with semicolons.

I was stumped for half an hour figuring out why the Python interpreter was bouncing an error before it had even reached the main program logic... turns out a { before the block of code royally ruins the interpreter's day.

Still, I live and learn.

import " " as ;

For bonus points take their code and completely go wild with utterly random indentation and line breaks, just to drive the point home. 😈

That's actually me removing semicolons from Python.

How does one manually add a semicolon? vs. automatically?

~~Python~~Amateur programmers

This is why linting and auto-format on save exists in IDEs. Don't make things harder on yourself.

I have a plugin in VSCode to remind me not to forget the semicolons

I was taught python by my school but I would rather write in other languages but the difference in formatting still gets me after years

can I interest you in some delicious linters

Folks acting like Python is the only language without semicolons. 😏

I got tripped up so many time in the last 3 weeks using PHP after years in ML family languages. I am already newlining & it’d be poor style to put more than one statement on a line so what is the point of these semicolons?