[rexpop]

> forces you to...

Never good.

[rxhernandez]

Python forces you to indent.

[xmprt]

Python is a great language for other reasons. Forcing you to indent isn't one of those reasons.

[rxhernandez]

The statement wasn't on greatness. The statement was on "never good."

I think the programming community largely agrees that indenting is good. If something is forcing you to do something that is good, then it definitely doesn't fall into the category of "never good."

I can't think of a single time in the nearly 10 years of using Python daily that made me want it to operate differently w.r.t. indenting.

[RHSeeger]

The programming community most certainly does not agree that "forcing you to indent the way the language designer decided you should indent" is good. There are lots of programmers that disagree with it. There are lots that agree with it. But the "programming community" as a whole has certainly not come to a consensus on it.

[unishark]

When you're testing fragments of code by copying from one place to another to run, such as just pasting directly into a shell, indenting is an unnecessary hassle.

[wernercd]

Indenting is good. (as is, generally, being consistent and readable)

Indenting as code always struck me as a horrible idea. Better than, say, type coercion... but still horrible.

[nijave]

So code linters, code formatters, and style guides used in any well maintained code base.