alt Hacker NewsThis is the job of a tool like go fmt. Obviously, it’s good discipline to indent, but I wouldn’t choose this as the deciding factor for picking a first programming language.
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Wowfunhappy • today at 1:17 PM
go fmt can fix #1, but not #2, and won't work if #2 is causing problems.
Formatters and linters fix the mistakes made by people who know what they're doing. They do nothing to teach someone how to do something for the first time in a way that supports comprehension, only regurgitation.