[Python-Dev] Python -t

[Paul Prescod]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Paul Prescod]
> > What are the chances of making python -t the default in Python 1.6?
> 
> My guess is slim.  Guido explictly chose not to make it the default when he
> introduced it, and I doubt it would be possible to dream up an argument he
> hasn't heard before <0.5 wink>.

I see it as a series of steps. First someone suggests tab mixing is a
bad idea. Then msot people come to agree. Then we add a flag for those
people to enforce the rule. The flag acts as a powerful rhetorical
rebuke against those that would transgress, so everyone comes around to
our way of thinking (other than Skip). Then we declare the old behavior
sin and charge a fee (an extra flag) for those that would behave in such
and unnatural way.

> > It isn't pythonic to silently allow people to do something that
> > almost everyone agrees is wrong.
> 
> FWIW, I agree.  That and 3 bucks will get you a doughnut <wink>.

No, basking in your agreement is worth at least $4.00. Maybe even 4
euros.
-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for himself
"The calculus and the rich body of mathematical analysis to which it
gave rise made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that
made possible the modern world." 
        - from "Advent of the Algorithm" David Berlinski
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