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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:20:47 +1000
Subject: Re: Language design
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> What design mistakes, traps or gotchas do you think Python has? Gotchas
> are not necessarily a bad thing, there may be good reasons for it, but
> they're surprising.

Significant indentation. It gets someone every day, it seems.

The fact that importing twice doesn't reexecute any code.

The whole "consenting adults" philosophy. I happen to quite like it,
as do many of the regulars here, but it does trip up a lot of
programmers who've come from other languages.

Like you say, not necessarily a bad thing; but Admiral Ackbars all the same.

ChrisA