Whitespace is not visible. It is the absence of something that is visible. Whitespace should be used for the comfort of the reader, not to determine scope. Are you proposing that a " " character is more visible than “{}”? The fact I must quote it to make what I am discussing even apparent speaks for itself. I’m not arguing that indentation is bad, far from it. In fact, the flexibility of using indentation purely for readability, makes code more readable.
I said that indentation is visible, not that whitespace is visible. Can you not tell when a line starts more to the right than the line above it?
In fact, the flexibility of using indentation purely for readability, makes code more readable.
If the code is correctly indented anyway, what’s the point of braces? And if it’s not indented correctly, are you going to read it the same way as the compiler?
Whitespace is not visible. It is the absence of something that is visible. Whitespace should be used for the comfort of the reader, not to determine scope. Are you proposing that a " " character is more visible than “{}”? The fact I must quote it to make what I am discussing even apparent speaks for itself. I’m not arguing that indentation is bad, far from it. In fact, the flexibility of using indentation purely for readability, makes code more readable.
I said that indentation is visible, not that whitespace is visible. Can you not tell when a line starts more to the right than the line above it?
If the code is correctly indented anyway, what’s the point of braces? And if it’s not indented correctly, are you going to read it the same way as the compiler?