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cnnlives83
10 months ago
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Formatting code should be unnecessary
It basically is, unless you’re in a whitespace-Nazi language like Python (no offense!).
It doesn’t get much less formatted than Minified JavaScript, except maybe Perl or Brainfuck.
kesor
10 months ago
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Minified JS often comes with mangling the names of functions, variables, etc... Formatters and prettifiers lack the ability to bring back the original names and meaning.
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It doesn’t get much less formatted than Minified JavaScript, except maybe Perl or Brainfuck.