From python-dev, space vs. tab controversy finally settled

[Wolfram Kraus]

Heyho!

Carl Banks wrote:
> Here's a summary of the final decision Guido made concerning how
> Python will indent code in the future, from python-dev:
> 
> Guido had been planning to deprecate tabs in favor of spaces for
> awhile, although there have been good arguments for both tabs and
> spaces.  But he was never really comfortable pulling the rug out from
> half the user base.  However, today he finally decided on a compromise
> that has all the benefits of both spaces and tabs.
> 
[...]

> So, you should start using Unicode character 0009 to indent right
> away.  Python 2.4 will deprecate all indentation not using the new
> indent character, and Python 3.0 will not support any other
> indentation.
> 

Nah, this sucks! This will be the death of Python! I'm switching to 
Whitespace: http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/

Stay Rude!
Wolfram