Python indentation in nested blocks dedents too much, does not dedent on def meth(): #1370
Description
Describe the issue
lang-python does not continue indentation at the end of a block, which was intentional as per this code comment and the reasoning was given here: codemirror/lang-python#4 (comment)
I think this is the worst example, where the user intends to end the block, leave a blank line and start a new block of code but the indentation is forced into alignment with the body:
However, I think that dedent on enter should only move you one block back, not two blocks back, see:
Because there is no dedent when typing method definition (indent on input is not implemented for Python for this case):
the current implementation is de facto fighting the user who tries to add a method to a class definition, they end up with wrong indentation regardless of whether they decide to:
- (a) add a new line after the first indented line (as per convention in Python there is an empty line between method definitions), or
- (b) start writing in the first new line
In (a) case they end up with too little indent, in (b) they end up with too much indent (and lack of new line).
I am not sure how difficult this is to implement, but if it is too difficult, could there be a setting to allow the user to opt-in to always continue block indentation, or to say continue block indentation until at least 2 blank lines were entered and only dedent on the third one?
Of note VS Code always continues indentation.
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