[Python-Dev] Python -t

[Greg Stein]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Paul Prescod wrote:
> What are the chances of making python -t the default in Python 1.6? It
> isn't pythonic to silently allow people to do something that almost
> everyone agrees is wrong.

I don't see a need to be so restrictive. Our views do not always match
others'. I see no harm in continuing to allow mixed tabs/spaces. It
doesn't hurt them, it doesn't hurt us.

In fact, turning that on by default can/will cause pain. Okay, so people
go and fix up their scripts. To what end? It hasn't improved anything, or
given them more functionality. All it has done is to stop some warnings.

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/