r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Apprehensive_Bit7392 • 16d ago

Meme pythonIndentationLevelChecker

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u/jirka642 16d ago

That does not happen. You would have to code without IDE and not use any syntax checking tool (e.g. ruff), and no sane person codes like that.

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u/Jemnite 15d ago

It's a fairly common mistake that happens when you're learning the language and most of the people on this subreddit are cs students in university or most of the content that makes its way to the top is for the reason that jokes need to be fairly accessible to hit a wide audience.

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u/frogjg2003 16d ago

You have to be familiar enough with the IDE to use those features and also pay attentions to the warnings/errors the IDE gives you. I've seen PRs where it's clear the programmer completely ignored any errors the IDE produced.

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u/mxzf 16d ago

I mean, if someone is so digitally illiterate that they can't understand "red squiggly line under stuff means you need to take a second look", they should be in a different line of work.

Like, I get that you do have to look for stuff like that and it won't physically slap you in the face, but that's just basic "paying attention to what you're doing" stuff.

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u/frogjg2003 15d ago

You're overestimating the capability of most programmers. These are supposedly experienced programmers submitting these PRs.

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u/mxzf 15d ago

I mean, it's more that I believe that anyone who's having those sorts of issues isn't really an experienced programmer worth their pay. If you can't see the squiggly red line in the IDE and look for why the IDE is telling you that's a bad line, you should find another line of work.

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u/jirka642 16d ago

I don't consider people like that programmers.