[kbenson]

Aren't there just as many problems with cutting and pasting python and getting either slightly off indentation or mixed spaces/tabs? If the IDE fixes the problem, I don't see why it's any different for braces as it is for whitespace. There's easy ways to identify both.

[anom9999]

Exactly.

Arguing that one is better than the other is like arguing over which colour the best. Which is why I get so utterly sick of Perl being compared with Python - they are all going to have their strengths and weaknesses so at the end of the day, the "better" language / syntax boils down to personal preference.

[collyw]

I wasn't arguing that either way was better, just seeing the positives where negatives have been noted.

I personally haven't wasted anywhere near as much time with Python indentation compared to missing braces. I hated the whitespace thing at first, and it was only after going back to doing some Perl I noticed that the problem wasn't present in Python.

Though the fact that most other languages use braces is a pain, as it makes swapping between Python and Java / Perl / JavaScript / etc tricky, as I tend to get into the habit of using or not using semicolons at the end of a line.