maybe people should stop writing unindented ugly blocks in their non-indent-significant language then?
In C if I shift a block of code a quick gg=G will reformat and reindent. Possible because blocks are explicit and whitespace is separate from scope. By the same token autogeneration of {}'s is impossible in C. This is obvious but obfuscated in Python from whitespaces' overloading.
The issue is autogeneration of blocks. In any language blocks are a fundamental aspect of programming. Blocks affect the function of a program. Since we lack self-programming computers we also lack autogeneration of blocks. Python's issue is that a non-fundamental aspect of programming has been paired with a fundamental aspect of programming.
Python's "issue" is that it considers readability as a fundamental aspect of programming and that whitespace is critical to that end. Whether that suits a particular programmer is a matter of personal preference.
Oh I beg to differ. I've seen lots of terrible unindented or patchily-indented code. Especially in Wordpress plugins.