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Ask HN: Why/why not do you use opinionated formatters? (e.g. Black, Prettier?)

5 pointsby whiskey14over 2 years ago

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CleverLikeAnOxover 2 years ago
Why:<p>Avoid time wasting nit-picks on PRs.<p>Consistent formatting may be easier to quickly read.<p>Why not:<p>Avoid taking a dependency.<p>Avoid &quot;fix formatting&quot; commits (or the complexity of having a system auto-apply formatting).<p>Formatters don&#x27;t always make the most readable code. Sometimes non-standard formatting actually communicates more clearly.