Tab wars revisited (was Re: Python indentation)

[Istvan Albert]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> 
> Ambiguity sucks but a SPACE is a SPACE is a SPACE.

Is there a reason why a TAB is not a TAB is not a TAB?

> *Any* decent editor can be configured to inject spaces up to the
> next defined tab-stop when TAB is hit.  By definition, therefore,
> any editor that cannot is broken.

Is it really that trivial to set up an editor so that when one hits
delete/backspace to 'un-align' a line of code it deletes as
many space characters as the soft-tab has inserted?

I don't think so.

Istvan.