Indentation style...

[Alex Martelli]

"Emile van Sebille" <emile at fenx.com> wrote in message
news:9etto3$15aqa$1 at ID-11957.news.dfncis.de...
> From the Python Language Reference:
> """2.1.7 Indentation
    ...
> First, tabs are replaced (from left to right) by one to eight spaces such
> that the total number of characters up to and including the replacement is
a
> multiple of eight (this is intended to be the same rule as used by Unix).
    ...
> > # tab-width:4
> >
> > def f():
> >     a = 1      # four spaces indent
> > b = 2  # one tab indent
> >
> > The Python tokenizer recognizes various forms of the tab-width comment.
> > I'm not sure it's documented anywhere except in the sources.

I think 2.1.7 is lying -- the tokenizer DOES look for various kind
of Emacs, vi and vim tab-setting indications, and those, if found,
override the normal setting of tab width as 8.  If 2.1.7 was right,
the example function would break... and yet it does work.


Alex