Indenting with tabs vs spaces

[Peter Bismuti]

Be that as it may, I think what I have written is correct in general.

"David Eppstein" <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote in message
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> In article <mailman.1006387828.11756.python-list at python.org>,
>  "Peoter Veili" <peoter_veliki at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Indenting with tabs can be done such that it will look the same on every
> > editor that uses fixed-width fonts, meaning everything will line up
> > correctly, it least in the sense that really matters.  Here's an example
of
> > what I mean:
> >
> >
> >
> >     function helloThere("hello",
> >                                        "there"){
> >     }
>
> I viewed your message with fixed-width fonts, and it came out unaligned as
> you see above.  So I think your claim that "it will look the same on every
> editor" is false, and it is safer to stick with spaces only.
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