[Python-Dev] Python -t

[Skip Montanaro]

    Paul> What are the chances of making python -t the default in Python 1.6? It
    Paul> isn't pythonic to silently allow people to do something that almost
    Paul> everyone agrees is wrong.

What is the definition of "inconsistent usage"?  I just ran "python -tt
.../compileall.py over my local library and got plenty of complaints.  The
first example I checked seemed okay to me.  If I have

    if foo:
	foo()

where the first line is indented using four spaces and the second using a
single tab, is that considered inconsistent usage?

I'd offer that perhaps the Make targets that use compileall.py should either
invoke "python -t" or python -tt".

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