[revskill]

Algorithm to read scope:

- Step 1: Find open bracket

- Step 2: Find closed bracket

With indentation, the algorithm now becomes:

- Step 1: Find something which seems to open a scope.

- Step 2: Scan all indentation level until it's done.

The difference is huge here.

[frodowtf]

Algin your method to the top of your screen. Now scroll one more line down. According to your algorithm, it's now impossible to know which line belongs to which scope.

I have a different algorithm:

- Find first indented line

- Find next unindented line

If that does not work for you, your code is bad.

[polotics]

finding open and closed brackets is a massive chore in mis-copied code, so indeed having scope open by spaces makes things very clear and non-ambiguous. Using whitespace for readability and not using it for scope control is one of the many bugs in the design of programming languages like Java. In my very humble opinion.

[xigoi]

Step 1: Find an indent increase.

Step 2: Find the first place where the indent becomes lower.

It's not hard, human vision is naturally designed for this. What is hard is finding a matching bracket when the code is not indented properly.