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		cnnlives83 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 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 6 months ago [–]

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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