[issue23441] rlcompleter: tab on empty prefix => insert spaces

[R. David Murray]

R. David Murray added the comment:

Looks good to me.  I prefer 4 space indent as well, and since we have essentially deprecated the use of tabs for spacing in Python, I'd rather not reintroduce it here for the (minor) benefit of making backspacing easier.  Just think about the copy and paste consequences....

I'll miss vi's autoindent more than I will smart backspace, but python never had that to start with so I'm not asking for it :).

I presume someone could add an enhancement for smart backspace if they were motivated to do so, but I'd say that is a separate issue.

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