Non-Indented python

Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com
Fri Nov 30 12:30:04 EST 2001


"Michael Abbott" <michael at rcp.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Xns9169A839E1656michaelrcpcouk at 194.238.50.13...

> I'm sure you're right, and if I'm fanning an unwanted fire, I'll stop.
>
> However, until you ask me to stop (or we get bored), I want to continue to
> say:
>
>     Hard tabs in source files serve no useful purpose and cause trouble.
> Please don't use them!
>
> This is a self evident +holy truth+ :^)

I prefer hard tabs.  I use 4 spaces for consistency with Python Labs'
declared standard, but the useful purpose hard tabs served for me was that
my preferred editor displays hard tabs with a character that is easy to
follow up and down the display.  I find that my eye wanders following
visible spaces when confirming indentation, and thus annoy me more when
coding.

Colons at the end of lines, on the other hand, serve no useful purpose and
cause trouble.  ;-)

ban-colons-not-tabs-ly y'rs,

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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