Guido's intuition (was Re: typetesting, adaptation, typeclasses, ...)

[Fredrik Lundh]

Tim Peters wrote:
> Oddly enough, none of the Python developers argue about brace placement,
> except for the occasional radical who sneaks in
>
> } else {
>       }

that should of course be:

> } else {
> }

(how come Guido ignores K&R and Indian Hill, but still insists
on Python programmers using the GvR style guide? ;-)

> What the Python developers do get testy about is living with Guido's
> seemingly inconsistent demand that Python code use 4-space indents
> with no hard tabs, C code use 8-space hard-tab indents.

really?  I thought the Python C code used 4-space hard-tab
indents...

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