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5 years later during the height of Covid-29: (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by stupidcasey@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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~ Python4 DeprecationWarning: Space indentation is deprecated; use tabs. Use --convert-tabs to automatically reformat this file. >>> |
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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Migration path is too easy.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

I can assure you, it's not. There are many, many config flags not mentioned.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 1 month ago

I was really excited for a minute there

[–] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

--convert-tabs? What is this fuckery! Program like a real man and manually flip the bits until all your spaces are tabs!

[–] rovingnothing29@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As I recall there is already an emacs command for that. C-x M-c M-Butterfly

[–] manxu@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Of course, the letters "c" are pronounced with a Lisp

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don't mind menial tasks like that. Its a relaxed job. Too bad there's always some deadline or emergency preventing me from wasting time on menial tasks.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Now combine the two: the only thing standing in the way of you meeting your deadline or fixing your emergency is having to manually convert spaces to tabs!

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

So you're saying there's something to look forward to.

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Add mandatory parenthesis around some more random statements, maybe if or for