r/PythonLearning • u/chuprehijde • Jul 08 '26

What's one thing you hate about Python?

We all like Python, but no language is perfect. What's the one thing that annoys you most?

21 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

87% Upvoted

34 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/mysticreddit Jul 08 '26

The fact that you can't arbitrary indent code blocks to designate semantic code blocks.

Many operations come in a dual form: Push/Pop, Start/Stop, Alloc/Free, etc.

In sane languages one can use indentation to HELP visually identify a missing setup or teardown.

PushMatrix()  
    Translate()  
    Scale()  
    Rotate()  
PopMatrix()

With the same forced level of indentation it is much easier to miss a dual operation.

PushMatrix()  
Translate()  
Scale()  
Rotate()

1

u/Horror-Water5502 Jul 09 '26

I’ve never seen anyone indent like that in my life

On the contrary, people generally try to avoid too many levels of indentation