Question about indentation and bugs
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at home.com
Sun Aug 26 03:42:39 EDT 2001
"Tim Peters" <tim.one at home.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.998799639.28464.python-list at python.org...
> [Terry Reedy]
> > ...
> > You example reminded me of a different use for variable
indentaton:
> > outlines, such as I did in school. (Yes, some styles uses letters
and
> > numbers to redundantly indicate depth, but not all do.) I wonder
if
> > the people who do not like semantic indents might be people who
did not
> > like doing outlines in school.
...
> Hmm. The idea that someone could dislike outlining is so foreign to
me I'd
> be hard pressed to consider such a one human.
A little harsh?... Its been over thirty years, but I have pretty
distinct memory of outline assignments in English class and people
grumbling specifically about such assignments. Logical, organized
thinking is foreign to some people.
Terry J. Reedy
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