Why does nobody talk about indentation in Python...

I kept getting these weird errors where my code would run halfway then just stop. Spent like 3 hours last Tuesday trying to figure out why a simple if statement wasn't working. Turns out I mixed tabs and spaces in my indentation... the Python interpreter just gives up without a clear error message. Has anyone else had this drive them crazy when they first started coding?

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sarah1981mo ago

Actually, Python does warn you about mixing tabs and spaces, but the error message is indeed confusing for beginners.

river_scott1mo ago

First time that happened to me I spent a solid 20 minutes thinking I broke my computer somehow. Took a coffee break and came back to realize it was just a rogue tab mixed in with my spaces. Your mileage may vary but now I just set my editor to show whitespace and save myself the headache.