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It is possible to write valid python code with any number of white space indents. The style guide recommends 4 spaces, and that is the default indent for the new editor. So far so good.
However if I write code that has (for instance) 3 spaces in it is valid:
And my text appears to be on the green highlight.
When I press return for a new line however instead of following the line above indent as expected I am presented with 4 space indents.:
And then a confusing error where the new line (which is on the mandated 4 spaces) is the one in error:
If 4 spaces are going to be mandated then the editor should never allow any other spacing, or it should follow the convention of all other editors I have used and auto indent to the value of the line above.
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Students struggle with indentation so we've tried to provide a strong steer that 4 space indent is the correct approach vs the configurability you find in a more general purpose editor. I can see how this could feel like a frustrating middle ground though. There are stronger suggestions such as #755 that we've considered. I think this might be one for us to collect feedback on and then revisit.
I'm not suggesting that configurable indent is necessarily required.
I personally use 2 spaces most of the time, but that's a long term style for me based on years of typing in various languages...
The issue I am trying to highlight is the editor allows indents of not 4 spaces, and the parser for 'good code' is also happy with it, but then the editor doesn't respect the user choice of less than 4 (or more than 4) as is the case in pretty much every editor, where blocks appear under the previous line indent.
The editor simply gives a 4 space indent on the next line no matter what.
This is compounded for the user by the error message being created by the parser which is expecting 3 spaces (in this case) highlighting that the 4 space (auto applied) indent is in error.
The highlighting in #755 would also show the error on the 4 space line.
In this case it is also not helped by the 3 spaces being indicated as green as the letter does not overhang the highlight - so it looks at first glance to be correct.
It is possible to write valid python code with any number of white space indents. The style guide recommends 4 spaces, and that is the default indent for the new editor. So far so good.
However if I write code that has (for instance) 3 spaces in it is valid:
And my text appears to be on the green highlight.
When I press return for a new line however instead of following the line above indent as expected I am presented with 4 space indents.:
And then a confusing error where the new line (which is on the mandated 4 spaces) is the one in error:
If 4 spaces are going to be mandated then the editor should never allow any other spacing, or it should follow the convention of all other editors I have used and auto indent to the value of the line above.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: