[Python-Dev] Questions/comments on documentation formatting

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Tue Jan 20 04:30:02 CET 2009


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> From: "Brett Cannon" <brett at python.org>
>>
>> 1. Why is three space indents the preferred indentation level?
>
> I've also wondered about this.  It is somewhat incovenient
> when bringing in code samples from files with four space indents.

It's just reST indentation that is 3 spaces. Code examples in the reST
can be 4 spaces.



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Regards,
Benjamin


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