Whitespace as syntax (was Re: Python Rocks!)

[Thomas Hamelryck]

Thomas Hamelryck (that's me!) wrote:
:  I am in exactly the same position. It was a serious design error.
:  I wonder how the CP4E people are going to explain to complete
:  computer illiterates that a python program can contain errors that
:  are _not even visible_ when you look at the code. 

Mikael Olofsson <mikael at isy.liu.se> wrote:
: But they _are_ visible! It's just as visible to me as it is to the 
: interpreter. 

Mix tabs and spaces and you can get errors that are not visible.
Try it. 

Cheers,

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Thomas Hamelryck    Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology
Aarhus University   Gustav Wieds Vej 10C
DK-8000 Aarhus C    Denmark